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GRUDGING
Definition of GRUDGING
adjective
Unwilling or with reluctance.
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Word DNA
GRUDGING inherits its ancestry from its root, GRUDGE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (827)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRUDGE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names 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.
GRUDGING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
GRUDGING starts with G and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGGGINRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GRUDGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRUDGING?
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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