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HELICOPTERING
Definition of HELICOPTERING
verb
present participle and gerund of helicopter
noun
An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.
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Word DNA
HELICOPTERING inherits its ancestry from its root, HELICOPTER.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,501)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HELICOPTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HELICOPTERING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEEGHIILNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once.
Words that start HELICOPTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found HELICOPTERING?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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