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USURPING
Definition of USURPING
verb
present participle and gerund of usurp
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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.
USURPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
USURPING starts with U and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINPRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start USURPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found USURPING?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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