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EARTHING
Definition of EARTHING
verb
present participle and gerund of earth
proper noun
Alternative letter-case form of Earth (“the third planet of the Solar System, upon which humans live”).
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Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EARTH · 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.
EARTHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EARTHING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGHINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EARTHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found EARTHING?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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