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FILTERING
Definition of FILTERING
verb
present participle and gerund of filter
noun
A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
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Word DNA
FILTERING inherits its ancestry from its root, FILTER.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (899)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FILTER · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FILTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FILTERING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EFGIILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FILTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found FILTERING?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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