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ARCHIVING
Definition of ARCHIVING
verb
present participle and gerund of archive
noun
Chiefly in the form archives. A repository or other place for storing material (such as documents and records) no longer in current use, and usually having historical value.
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Word DNA
ARCHIVING inherits its ancestry from its root, ARCHIVE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,623)
How it is built
Same root, ARCHIVE · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ARCHIVING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARCHIVING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHIINRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ARCHIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found ARCHIVING?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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