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FASTENING
Definition of FASTENING
verb
present participle and gerund of fasten
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fasten + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FASTEN · 5 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.
FASTENING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FASTENING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEFGINNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start FASTEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FASTENING?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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