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CHANTING
Definition of CHANTING
verb
present participle and gerund of chant
verb
To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English chauntynge; equivalent to chant + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,835)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHANT · 11 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.
CHANTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CHANTING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHINNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start CHANTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHANTING?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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