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REDUCING
Definition of REDUCING
verb
present participle and gerund of reduce
verb
To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
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Word DNA
REDUCING inherits its ancestry from its root, REDUCE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REDUCE · 8 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.
REDUCING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REDUCING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDEGINRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start REDUCI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REDUCING?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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