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KIDDING
Definition of KIDDING
verb
present participle and gerund of kid
KID
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Koshin.
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Word DNA
KIDDING inherits its ancestry from its root, KID.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,614)
How it is built
Same root, KID · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, 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.
KIDDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KIDDING starts with K and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DDGIIKN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and D appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start KIDDIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KIDDING?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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