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SECTORING
Definition of SECTORING
noun
Division into sectors.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sector + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SECTOR · 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.
SECTORING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SECTORING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SECTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found SECTORING?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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