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KILLING
Definition of KILLING
adjective
That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English kyllyng; equivalent to kill + -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.
KILLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KILLING starts with K and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIIKLLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start KILLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found KILLING?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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