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ESTOPPING
Definition of ESTOPPING
verb
present participle and gerund of estop
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Word DNA
ESTOPPING inherits its ancestry from its root, ESTOP.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ESTOP · 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.
ESTOPPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 152, 19 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ESTOPPING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGINOPPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ESTOPP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ESTOPPING?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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