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POTHOLING
Definition of POTHOLING
noun
A form of caving involving the exploration of potholes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pothole + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, POTHOLE · 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.
POTHOLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POTHOLING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHILNOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start POTHOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found POTHOLING?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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