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REFUSING
Definition of REFUSING
verb
present participle and gerund of refuse
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, REFUS · 4 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.
REFUSING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
REFUSING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EFGINRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found REFUSING?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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