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COUNTERING
Definition of COUNTERING
verb
present participle and gerund of counter
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Word DNA
COUNTERING inherits its ancestry from its root, COUNTER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COUNTER · 2 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.
COUNTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COUNTERING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGINNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N 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 COUNTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COUNTERING?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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