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ASPIRATING
Definition of ASPIRATING
verb
present participle and gerund of aspirate
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Word DNA
ASPIRATING inherits its ancestry from its root, ASPIRATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ASPIRATE · 2 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.
ASPIRATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASPIRATING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AAGIINPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ASPIRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found ASPIRATING?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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