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POSTCODING
Definition of POSTCODING
verb
present participle and gerund of postcode
noun
A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail. The region denoted by such a sequence.
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Word DNA
POSTCODING inherits its ancestry from its root, POSTCODE.
How it is built
Same root, POSTCODE · 1 relative 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.
POSTCODING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POSTCODING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDGINOOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start POSTCO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POSTCODING?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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