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BEING

/ˈbiː.ɪŋ/5 letters

Definition of BEING

verb

present participle and gerund of be

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Where it comes from

Originated 1250–1300 from Middle English being; see be + -ing.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BEING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its 6 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
23
First board
105
Latest board
58
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

BEING
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

BEING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start BEING

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

BEINGSBEINGLESSBEINGNESSBEINGNESSES

Could you have found BEING?

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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.

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