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HOVERING
Definition of HOVERING
verb
present participle and gerund of hover
verb
To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air. Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; of a thing: to cover or surround (something). Of a bird or insect: to flap (its wings) so it can remain stationary in the air.
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Word DNA
HOVERING inherits its ancestry from its root, HOVER.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,656)
How it is built
Same root, HOVER · 3 relatives in the game
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.
HOVERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 93 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
HOVERING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHINORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HOVERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
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