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POMADING
Definition of POMADING
verb
present participle and gerund of pomade
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Word DNA
POMADING inherits its ancestry from its root, POMADE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POMADE · 2 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.
POMADING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POMADING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGIMNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found POMADING?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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