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LIVING
Definition of LIVING
verb
present participle of live
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Where it comes from
From Middle English livynge, libbyng, livinde, livand, livende, libbinde, libbende, from Old English lifiġende, lifiende, libbende, from Proto-West Germanic *libbjandī, from Proto-Germanic *libjandz (“living”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *libjaną (“to live”), equivalent to live + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian libbend (“living”), Dutch levend (“living”), German lebend (“living”), Swedish levande (“living”), Icelandic lifandi (“living”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LIVING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
LIVING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIILNV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start LIVING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found LIVING?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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