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STYLING
Definition of STYLING
noun
Any form of decoration or stylistic approach.
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Word DNA
STYLING inherits its ancestry from its root, STYLE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,608)
How it is built
Same root, STYLE · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STYLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STYLING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GILNSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start STYLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found STYLING?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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