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LAUGHING
Definition of LAUGHING
noun
verbal noun of laugh: the action of the verb to laugh.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English laughynge; equivalent to laugh + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,164)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LAUGH · 11 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LAUGHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAUGHING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGGHILNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Words that start LAUGHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LAUGHING?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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