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HASTENING
Definition of HASTENING
verb
present participle and gerund of hasten
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Word DNA
HASTENING inherits its ancestry from its root, HASTEN.
How it is built
Same root, HASTEN · 4 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.
HASTENING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 159, 26 October 2026.
Built from these letters
HASTENING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGHINNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N 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 HASTEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HASTENING?
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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