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SUBLIMATING
Definition of SUBLIMATING
verb
present participle and gerund of sublimate
verb
To heat (a substance) in a container so as to convert it into a gas which then condenses in solid form on cooler parts of the container.
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Word DNA
SUBLIMATING inherits its ancestry from its root, SUBLIMATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SUBLIMATE · 2 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.
SUBLIMATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBLIMATING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABGIILMNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SUBLIMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBLIMATING?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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