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GETTING
Definition of GETTING
verb
present participle and gerund of get
GET
verb
To obtain; to acquire.
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Word DNA
GETTING inherits its ancestry from its root, GET.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,454)
How it is built
Same root, GET · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GETTING in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
Built from these letters
GETTING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGGINTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found GETTING?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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