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ATONING
Definition of ATONING
verb
present participle and gerund of atone
verb
To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
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Word DNA
ATONING inherits its ancestry from its root, ATONE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,155)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ATONE · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ATONING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATONING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGINNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start ATONIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ATONING?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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