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LUCKING
Definition of LUCKING
verb
present participle and gerund of luck
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Word DNA
LUCKING inherits its ancestry from its root, LUCK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (339)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LUCK · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Frankish, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Proto-Germanic, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LUCKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUCKING starts with L and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIKLNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LUCKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUCKING?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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