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SCULPTING
Definition of SCULPTING
verb
present participle and gerund of sculpt
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Word DNA
SCULPTING inherits its ancestry from its root, SCULPT.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCULPT · 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.
SCULPTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCULPTING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGILNPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCULPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCULPTING?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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