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WOOFING

/ˈwʊfɪŋ/7 letters

Definition of WOOFING

verb

present participle and gerund of woof

WOOF

noun

The set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp; the weft. A woven fabric; also, the texture of a fabric. The thread or yarn used to form the weft of woven fabric; the fill, the weft. Synonym of weaving (“the process of making woven material on a loom”).

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Where it comes from

From woof + -ing.

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Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompound-ing

Same root, WOOF · 9 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WOOFING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 162
Its 26 boards, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
26
Boards found on
25
First board
162
Latest board
16
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

Built from these letters

WOOFING
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

WOOFING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGINOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start WOOFIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found WOOFING?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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