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GERMING
Definition of GERMING
verb
present participle and gerund of germ
noun
The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote. The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ. The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
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Word DNA
GERMING inherits its ancestry from its root, GERM.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,276)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GERM · 10 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.
GERMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 173, 9 November 2026.
Built from these letters
GERMING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGGIMNR - 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.
Words that start GERMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GERMING?
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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.
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