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SUBLIMING
Definition of SUBLIMING
verb
present participle and gerund of sublime
verb
Synonym of sublimate. 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; to change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently. To obtain or purify (a substance) in this manner. To raise (someone or an intangible thing) to a state of (especially moral or spiritual) excellence; to exalt.
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Word DNA
SUBLIMING inherits its ancestry from its root, SUBLIME.
How it is built
Same root, SUBLIME · 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.
SUBLIMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 56 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBLIMING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGIILMNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SUBLIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBLIMING?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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