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DODGING
Definition of DODGING
verb
present participle and gerund of dodge
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Word DNA
DODGING inherits its ancestry from its root, DODGE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
42nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (39)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DODGE · 2 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.
DODGING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DODGING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DDGGINO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and G appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DODGIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DODGING?
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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