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EDDYING
Definition of EDDYING
verb
present participle and gerund of eddy
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Word DNA
EDDYING inherits its ancestry from its root, EDDY.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,194)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EDDY · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Proto-Indo-European, 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.
EDDYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
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
EDDYING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DDEGINY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found EDDYING?
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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