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DOUTING
Definition of DOUTING
verb
present participle and gerund of dout
DOUBT · via dout
verb
To consider questionable or unlikely; to hesitate to believe; to lack confidence in; to question.
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Word DNA
DOUTING inherits its ancestry from its root, DOUT.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,799)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOUT · 3 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.
DOUTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 58 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DOUTING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGINOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found DOUTING?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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