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HUNTING
Definition of HUNTING
noun
The act of finding and killing a wild animal, either for sport or with the intention of using its parts to make food, clothes, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hunting, from Old English huntung, equivalent to hunt + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,219)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HUNT · 4 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.
HUNTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HUNTING starts with H and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHINNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found HUNTING?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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