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DIGGING

/ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/7 letters

Definition of DIGGING

noun

The action performed by a person or thing that digs.

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Word DNA

DIGGING inherits its ancestry from its root, DIG.

Line of descent

  1. Old French
  2. Proto-Indo-European
  3. Proto-Germanic
  4. Old English
  5. Middle English
  6. English

5 recorded generations before English.

Old French

Deepest traced root

9th

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

2.8%

of traced words share this origin (808)

Romance

branch · 15.5% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, DIG · 3 relatives in the game

Every Old French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DIGGING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 139
Its one board, across 139 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
134
First board
5
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

noretwin

on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DIGGING
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DIGGING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGGGIIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and G appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start DIGGIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DIGGING?

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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.

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