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CLIMBINGS
Definition of CLIMBINGS
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
CLIMBINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, CLIMBING.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,275)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CLIMBINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CLIMBINGS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCGIILMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found CLIMBINGS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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