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PIXELATING
Definition of PIXELATING
verb
present participle and gerund of pixelate
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Word DNA
PIXELATING inherits its ancestry from its root, PIXELATE.
How it is built
Same root, PIXELATE · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PIXELATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PIXELATING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGIILNPTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PIXELA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PIXELATING?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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