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DOODLING
Definition of DOODLING
verb
present participle and gerund of doodle
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Word DNA
DOODLING inherits its ancestry from its root, DOODLE.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (815)
branch · 22.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOODLE · 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.
DOODLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOODLING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DDGILNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found DOODLING?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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