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ERRING

6 letters

Definition of ERRING

verb

present participle and gerund of err

ERR

symbol

ISO 639-3 language code for Erre.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From the verb err.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ERRING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 125
Its one board, across 125 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
124
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

soknitsome

on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ERRING
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ERRING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGINRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

GIRNERRINGER

Words that start ERRING

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ERRINGSERRINGLY

Could you have found ERRING?

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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.

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