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BELIEVING
Definition of BELIEVING
verb
present participle and gerund of believe
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bilevyng, belevand, bileveand, belefand, from Old English *belēfende, ġelīfende, ġelȳfende. Equivalent to believe + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BELIEVING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BELIEVING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEEGIILNV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start BELIEV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BELIEVING?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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