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DEVILLING
Definition of DEVILLING
verb
present participle and gerund of devil
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Word DNA
DEVILLING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEVIL.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
17th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (544)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DEVIL · 14 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Old Norse, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEVILLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DEVILLING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGIILLNV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found DEVILLING?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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