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FIELDING
Definition of FIELDING
verb
present participle and gerund of field
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Word DNA
FIELDING inherits its ancestry from its root, FIELD.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,622)
How it is built
Same root, FIELD · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Catalan, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Italian, Latin, Norwegian and 4 more.
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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.
FIELDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FIELDING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEFGIILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FIELDING?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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