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ESCHEWING
Definition of ESCHEWING
verb
present participle and gerund of eschew
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Word DNA
ESCHEWING inherits its ancestry from its root, ESCHEW.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
30th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (198)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ESCHEW · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ESCHEWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 175 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ESCHEWING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEEGHINSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start ESCHEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found ESCHEWING?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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