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GING

/ˈɡɪŋ/4 letters

Definition of GING

noun

A company; troop; a gang.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English gyng, gynge, genge, from Old English genge (“a troop, privy, company, retinue”), from Old Norse gengi, from Proto-Germanic *gangiją (“pace, walk”). Cognate with Middle Low German gink (“a going, turn, way”), Old Norse gengi (“accompaniment, entourage, help”), Icelandic gengi (“rate”). Related to Old English gengan (“to go”), from Proto-Germanic *gangijaną (“to go”). More at gang.

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 125
Its one board, across 125 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

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on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GING
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GGIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.

Words that start GING

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

GINGEGINGSGINGALGINGERGINGESGINGKOGINGLEGINGALLGINGALSGINGELIGINGELYGINGERS

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