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SUGARCOATING
Definition of SUGARCOATING
verb
present participle and gerund of sugarcoat
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Word DNA
SUGARCOATING inherits its ancestry from its root, SUGARCOAT.
How it is built
Same root, SUGARCOAT · 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.
SUGARCOATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 173, 9 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUGARCOATING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACGGINORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and A appear more than once.
Words that start SUGARCOA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUGARCOATING?
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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.
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