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CLIMBING
Definition of CLIMBING
noun
The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English clymbyng, clymbynge; equivalent to climb + -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
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,790)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CLIMB · 7 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.
CLIMBING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLIMBING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BCGIILMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found CLIMBING?
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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