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FASTING
Definition of FASTING
verb
present participle and gerund of fast
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, fast + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FASTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FASTING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AFGINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FASTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found FASTING?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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