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ADORNING
Definition of ADORNING
verb
present participle and gerund of adorn
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Word DNA
ADORNING inherits its ancestry from its root, ADORN.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,667)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ADORN · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ADORNING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
ADORNING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADGINNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found ADORNING?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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