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FREELANCING
Definition of FREELANCING
verb
present participle and gerund of freelance
FREELANCE
noun
Someone who sells their services to clients without a long-term employment contract.
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Word DNA
FREELANCING inherits its ancestry from its root, FREELANCE.
How it is built
Same root, FREELANCE · 1 relative 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.
FREELANCING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FREELANCING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEEFGILNNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FREELAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FREELANCING?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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