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GAGING
Definition of GAGING
verb
present participle and gerund of gage
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Word DNA
GAGING inherits its ancestry from its root, GAG.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
38th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (42)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAG · 4 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.
GAGING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 134, 1 October 2026.
Built from these letters
GAGING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGGGIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Could you have found GAGING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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