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ATTIRING
Definition of ATTIRING
verb
present participle and gerund of attire
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Word DNA
ATTIRING inherits its ancestry from its root, ATTIRE.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,430)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ATTIRE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ATTIRING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATTIRING starts with A and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIINRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ATTIRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ATTIRING?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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