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HEALING

/ˈhiːlɪŋ/7 letters

Definition of HEALING

noun

The process where the cells in the body regenerate and repair themselves.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English heelinge, helynge, from Old English hǣling (“healing”), from Proto-Germanic *hailingō (“healing”), from Proto-Germanic *hailijaną (“to heal”), equivalent to heal + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian hieling (“healing”), Dutch heling (“healing”), German Heilung (“healing; cure”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

HEALING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 99
Its 11 boards, across 99 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
6
First board
91
Latest board
23
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

mscottPATRON

on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

HEALING
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

HEALING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGHILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start HEALIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

HEALINGSHEALINGLY

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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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.

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