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SULPHURING
Definition of SULPHURING
verb
present participle and gerund of sulphur
SULFUR · via sulphur
noun
A chemical element with atomic number 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SULPHUR · 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.
SULPHURING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SULPHURING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHILNPRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start SULPHU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SULPHURING?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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