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INGS
Definition of INGS
noun
plural of ing
ING
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Deg Xinag.
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Word DNA
INGS inherits its ancestry from its root, ING.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, ING · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish.
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.
INGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INGS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found INGS?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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