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CLAIMING
Definition of CLAIMING
verb
present participle and gerund of claim
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Word DNA
CLAIMING inherits its ancestry from its root, CLAIM.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,647)
How it is built
Same root, CLAIM · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, German, Irish, Old English, Sanskrit, Spanish.
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.
CLAIMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 54, 13 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CLAIMING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGIILMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CLAIMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found CLAIMING?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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