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LOCUSTING
Definition of LOCUSTING
verb
present participle and gerund of locust
noun
Any of the grasshoppers, often polyphenic and usually swarming, in the family Acrididae that are very destructive to crops and other vegetation, especially migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria).
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Word DNA
LOCUSTING inherits its ancestry from its root, LOCUST.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LOCUST · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Cantonese.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LOCUSTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOCUSTING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGILNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LOCUST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LOCUSTING?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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