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FEVERINGS
Definition of FEVERINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for FEVERINGS itself. This is its base word, FEVER.
noun
A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for FEVER.
From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old French fievre (“fever”), from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Displaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,066)
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, German, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FEVERINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FEVERINGS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEFGINRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FEVERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FEVERINGS?
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