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GAPING
Definition of GAPING
verb
present participle and gerund of gape
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gaping, gapynge, variants of Middle English gapand, gapande, equivalent to gape + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,052)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GAP · 3 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.
GAPING 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 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 134, 1 October 2026.
Built from these letters
GAPING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGGINP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G 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.
Could you have found GAPING?
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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