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GROUPING
Definition of GROUPING
verb
present participle and gerund of group
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Word DNA
GROUPING inherits its ancestry from its root, GROUP.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.9%
of traced words share this origin (561)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GROUP · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German, Icelandic, Old English, Persian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GROUPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
GROUPING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GGINOPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Words that start GROUPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GROUPING?
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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