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PIDDLING

/ˈpɪdəlɪŋ/8 letters

Definition of PIDDLING

adjective

Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.

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Word DNA

PIDDLING inherits its ancestry from its root, PIDDLE.

How it is built

adjective3 syllablescompound-le

Same root, PIDDLE · 2 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names German.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PIDDLING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 173
Its one board, across 173 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
152
First board
21
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.

First ever to find it

pinksneaks

on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PIDDLING
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PIDDLING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DDGIILNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and D appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start PIDDLI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PIDDLING?

OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 152 - and most players walked straight past it.

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