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LAIRING
Definition of LAIRING
verb
present participle and gerund of lair
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Word DNA
LAIRING inherits its ancestry from its root, LAIR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
Same root, LAIR · 3 relatives in the game
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.
LAIRING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAIRING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIILNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found LAIRING?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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