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PREFACING
Definition of PREFACING
verb
present participle and gerund of preface
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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.
PREFACING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 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 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PREFACING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEFGINPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PREFAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found PREFACING?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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