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GREYING
Definition of GREYING
verb
present participle and gerund of grey
GRAY · via grey
adjective
Of a color between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
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Word DNA
GREYING inherits its ancestry from its root, GREY.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (362)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GREY · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GREYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GREYING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGGINRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GREYIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GREYING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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