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THWACKING
Definition of THWACKING
verb
present participle and gerund of thwack
verb
To hit (someone or something) hard, especially with a flat implement or a stick; to thrash, to whack.
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Other senses
THWACKING carries 2 further meanings.
Thumping; tremendous; great.
verb
Present participle of thwack.
Word DNA
THWACKING inherits its ancestry from its root, THWACK.
How it is built
Same root, THWACK · 4 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.
THWACKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 77 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
THWACKING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHIKNTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start THWACK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found THWACKING?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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