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DWARFING
Definition of DWARFING
verb
present participle and gerund of dwarf
noun
Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
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Word DNA
DWARFING inherits its ancestry from its root, DWARF.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,750)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DWARF · 16 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Norwegian, Old Norse, Scots, 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.
DWARFING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DWARFING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADFGINRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DWARFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found DWARFING?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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