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REFACING

8 letters

Definition of REFACING

verb

present participle and gerund of reface

REFACE

verb

To replace the face or surface of something; to create a new outer layer.

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Word DNA

REFACING inherits its ancestry from its root, REFACE.

How it is built

verbcompoundre-

Same root, REFACE · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

REFACING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 150
Its 11 boards, across 150 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
53
First board
135
Latest board
36
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

fliesPATRON

on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

REFACING
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

REFACING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEFGINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found REFACING?

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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.

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