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TARMACKING
Definition of TARMACKING
verb
present participle and gerund of tarmac
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TARMACK · 1 relative 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.
TARMACKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TARMACKING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACGIKMNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start TARMAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found TARMACKING?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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