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DEACONING
Definition of DEACONING
verb
present participle and gerund of deacon
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Word DNA
DEACONING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEACON.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,375)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEACON · 5 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.
DEACONING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
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
DEACONING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGINNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start DEACON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEACONING?
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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