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HOMING
Definition of HOMING
verb
present participle and gerund of home
noun
A dwelling. One’s own dwelling place; the house or structure in which one lives; especially the house in which one lives with one's family; the habitual abode of one’s family. The place (residence, settlement, country, etc.), where a person was born or raised; a childhood or parental home; the home of one’s parents or guardian.
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Word DNA
HOMING inherits its ancestry from its root, HOME.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
Same root, HOME · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Norwegian, Sanskrit and 3 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HOMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HOMING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHIMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found HOMING?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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