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ARRIVING
Definition of ARRIVING
verb
present participle and gerund of arrive
ARRIVE
verb
To reach; to get to a certain place.
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Word DNA
ARRIVING inherits its ancestry from its root, ARRIVE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.4%
of traced words share this origin (8,352)
branch · 32.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ARRIVE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ARRIVING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARRIVING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIINRRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ARRIVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARRIVING?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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