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BELAYING
Definition of BELAYING
verb
present participle and gerund of belay
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Another sense
BELAYING carries a second meaning.
verb
Present participle of belay.
Word DNA
BELAYING inherits its ancestry from its root, BELAY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,598)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BELAY · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Swedish.
BELAYING in a sentence
“I used the iron belaying pin that appeared in the evidence.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BELAYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 104 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BELAYING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ABEGILNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found BELAYING?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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