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EXPELLING
Definition of EXPELLING
verb
present participle and gerund of expel
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Word DNA
EXPELLING inherits its ancestry from its root, EXPEL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EXPEL · 2 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.
EXPELLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EXPELLING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGILLNPX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EXPELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EXPELLING?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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