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HAPPENING
Definition of HAPPENING
verb
present participle and gerund of happen
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From happen + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HAPPEN · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HAPPENING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAPPENING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGHINNPP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HAPPEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HAPPENING?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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