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PRECEDING
Definition of PRECEDING
adjective
Occurring before or in front of something else, in time, place, rank or sequence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English precedyng, precedenge, present participle of Middle English preceden (“to precede”), equivalent to precede + -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.
PRECEDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRECEDING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDEEGINPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PRECED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PRECEDING?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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