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TUMESCING
Definition of TUMESCING
verb
present participle and gerund of tumesce
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TUMESCE · 3 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.
TUMESCING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TUMESCING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGIMNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TUMESC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found TUMESCING?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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