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SQUARING
Definition of SQUARING
verb
present participle and gerund of square
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SQUARING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SQUARING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGINQRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SQUARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found SQUARING?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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