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GRAFTING

/ˈɡɹɑːftɪŋ/8 letters

Definition of GRAFTING

noun

The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.

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Word DNA

GRAFTING inherits its ancestry from its root, GRAFT.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Old French
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.3%

of traced words share this origin (10,613)

Hellenic

branch · 12.3% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, GRAFT · 9 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

GRAFTING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 176
Its 2 boards, across 176 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
138
First board
173
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

mama_mendy

on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GRAFTING
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start GRAFTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GRAFTING?

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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