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REPULSING
Definition of REPULSING
adjective
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Word DNA
REPULSING inherits its ancestry from its root, REPULSE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REPULSE · 3 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.
REPULSING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REPULSING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGILNPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start REPULS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found REPULSING?
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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