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CASTIGATING
Definition of CASTIGATING
verb
present participle and gerund of castigate
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Word DNA
CASTIGATING inherits its ancestry from its root, CASTIGATE.
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,866)
How it is built
Same root, CASTIGATE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old French.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CASTIGATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CASTIGATING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACGGIINSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, T, I and G appear more than once.
Words that start CASTIGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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