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BIDING

/ˈbaɪdɪŋ/6 letters

Definition of BIDING

noun

An awaiting; expectation.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English biding, bydyng, equivalent to bide + -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.

BIDING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 6 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
30
First board
113
Latest board
56
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

milimoon

on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BIDING
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BIDING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BDGIIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start BIDING

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BIDING?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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