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DETAILING
Definition of DETAILING
noun
A thorough description or explanation.
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Word DNA
DETAILING inherits its ancestry from its root, DETAIL.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (829)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DETAIL · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Czech, Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DETAILING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DETAILING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEGIILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start DETAIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found DETAILING?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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