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ADMIRING
Definition of ADMIRING
adjective
Feeling or showing admiration.
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Word DNA
ADMIRING inherits its ancestry from its root, ADMIRE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADMIRE · 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.
ADMIRING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ADMIRING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGIIMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ADMIRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found ADMIRING?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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