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TAUNTING
Definition of TAUNTING
verb
present participle and gerund of taunt
verb
To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From taunt + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TAUNT · 6 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.
TAUNTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 154, 21 October 2026.
Built from these letters
TAUNTING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGINNTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and N appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start TAUNTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAUNTING?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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