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HAMPERING
Definition of HAMPERING
verb
present participle and gerund of hamper
noun
A large basket, usually with a cover, used for the packing and carrying of articles or small animals.
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Word DNA
HAMPERING inherits its ancestry from its root, HAMPER.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,821)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HAMPERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAMPERING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGHIMNPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HAMPER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found HAMPERING?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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