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LIMITING

/ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ/8 letters

Definition of LIMITING

noun

A limitation.

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Word DNA

LIMITING inherits its ancestry from its root, LIMIT.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

32.4%

of traced words share this origin (8,352)

Italic

branch · 32.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Same root, LIMIT · 5 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Old English.

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LIMITING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 129
Its one board, across 129 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
127
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

grammyp6412

on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LIMITING
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LIMITING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIIILMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start LIMITI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LIMITINGSLIMITINGLY

Could you have found LIMITING?

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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.

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