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PRECLUDING
Definition of PRECLUDING
verb
present participle and gerund of preclude
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PRECLUDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PRECLUDING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDEGILNPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PRECLU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found PRECLUDING?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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