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CHECKING
Definition of CHECKING
verb
present participle and gerund of check
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Word DNA
CHECKING inherits its ancestry from its root, CHECK.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Same root, CHECK · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Icelandic, Italian, Swedish.
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.
CHECKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CHECKING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CCEGHIKN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CHECKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHECKING?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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