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DEALING
Definition of DEALING
noun
A business transaction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English delynge, from Old English dǣling; equivalent to deal + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,211)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEAL · 3 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.
DEALING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEALING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEGILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found DEALING?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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