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THREADING

/ˈθɹɛdɪŋ/9 letters

Definition of THREADING

verb

present participle and gerund of thread

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

THREADING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 18 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
10
First board
96
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.

Built from these letters

THREADING
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

THREADING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEGHINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start THREAD

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

THREADTHREADSTHREADYTHREADEDTHREADENTHREADERTHREADERSTHREADFINTHREADIERTHREADBARETHREADFINSTHREADIEST

Could you have found THREADING?

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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.

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