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SCALING
Definition of SCALING
verb
present participle and gerund of scale
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SCAL · 1 relative 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.
SCALING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SCALING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGILNS - 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.
Words that start SCALIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found SCALING?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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