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GRADUATING
Definition of GRADUATING
verb
present participle and gerund of graduate
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Word DNA
GRADUATING inherits its ancestry from its root, GRADUATE.
Line of descent
- Japanese
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
17th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (171)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRADUATE · 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.
GRADUATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRADUATING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AADGGINRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and A appear more than once.
Words that start GRADUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRADUATING?
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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