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LEARNING
Definition of LEARNING
noun
An act in which something is learned.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lernyng, lernynge, from Old English leornung (“learning, study”), from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnungu (“learning”), equivalent to learn + -ing. Cognate with Old Saxon lernunga, German Lernung.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,611)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LEARN · 4 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.
LEARNING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEARNING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGILNNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start LEARNI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LEARNING?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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