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POWDERING
Definition of POWDERING
noun
gerund of powder An application or patch of powder. A black tuft of ermine fur on the white of a robe of state.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From powder + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POWDERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POWDERING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGINOPRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POWDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POWDERING?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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