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FERRETING
Definition of FERRETING
verb
present participle and gerund of ferret
noun
An often domesticated mammal (Mustela putorius furo) rather like a weasel, descended from the European polecat and often trained to hunt burrowing animals.
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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.
FERRETING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FERRETING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEFGINRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FERRET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FERRETING?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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