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PILFERING
Definition of PILFERING
verb
present participle and gerund of pilfer
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PILFERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PILFERING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EFGIILNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PILFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PILFERING?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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