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ITCHING
Definition of ITCHING
verb
present participle and gerund of itch
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Where it comes from
From Middle English ecchinge, ȝitchinge, ʒicchinde, ʒichande (also unassibilated as yckyng), from Old English ġiċċende (“itching”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjandi, present participle of *jukkjan (“to itch”), equivalent to itch + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ITCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ITCHING starts with I and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGHIINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start ITCHIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ITCHING?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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