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HOLLOWING
Definition of HOLLOWING
verb
present participle and gerund of hollow
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hollow.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, HOLLOW · 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.
HOLLOWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOLLOWING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHILLNOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start HOLLOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HOLLOWING?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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