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FEYING
Definition of FEYING
verb
present participle and gerund of fey
FEY
adjective
About to die; doomed; on the verge of sudden or violent death.
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Word DNA
FEYING inherits its ancestry from its root, FEY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, FEY · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Old Norse.
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.
FEYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FEYING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EFGINY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found FEYING?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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