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DANCING
Definition of DANCING
noun
The activity of taking part in a dance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dance + -ing. The sense "dance club" is from French dancing, a pseudo-anglicism derived from English dance + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,388)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DANCE · 8 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.
DANCING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DANCING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACDGINN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start DANCIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DANCING?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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