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BELIEVING
Definition of BELIEVING
verb
present participle and gerund of believe
verb
To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,251)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BELIEV · 3 relatives in the game
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 22 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
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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