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LEVELING
Definition of LEVELING
verb
present participle and gerund of level
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Word DNA
LEVELING inherits its ancestry from its root, LEVEL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LEVEL · 2 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.
LEVELING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LEVELING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGILLNV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and E appear more than once.
Words that start LEVELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LEVELING?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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