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FENDING
Definition of FENDING
verb
present participle and gerund of fend
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Word DNA
FENDING inherits its ancestry from its root, FEND.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,656)
How it is built
Same root, FEND · 4 relatives in the game
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FENDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
FENDING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEFGINN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found FENDING?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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