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LIFTING
Definition of LIFTING
noun
The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation
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Word DNA
LIFTING inherits its ancestry from its root, LIFT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,616)
How it is built
Same root, LIFT · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Latin, Norwegian, Old English, Swedish.
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.
LIFTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LIFTING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGIILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found LIFTING?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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