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PRELUDING
Definition of PRELUDING
verb
present participle and gerund of prelude
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Word DNA
PRELUDING inherits its ancestry from its root, PRELUDE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,117)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRELUDE · 2 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.
PRELUDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PRELUDING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGILNPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PRELUD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found PRELUDING?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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