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POOLINGS

/ˈpuːlɪŋz/8 letters

Definition of POOLINGS

noun

plural of pooling

POOLING

noun

Grouping together of various resources or assets.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

POOLINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its 3 boards, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
152
First board
162
Latest board
6
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

n8tivet3ch

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

Built from these letters

POOLINGS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

POOLINGS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GILNOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start POOLIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found POOLINGS?

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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