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TOADYING
Definition of TOADYING
verb
present participle and gerund of toady
noun
A sycophant who flatters others to gain personal advantage, or an obsequious, servile lackey or minion.
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Word DNA
TOADYING inherits its ancestry from its root, TOADY.
How it is built
Same root, TOADY · 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.
TOADYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TOADYING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGINOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TOADYI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found TOADYING?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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