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LUNTING

7 letters

Definition of LUNTING

verb

present participle and gerund of lunt

LUNT

noun

A slow-burning match or torch.

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Word DNA

LUNTING inherits its ancestry from its root, LUNT.

Line of descent

  1. Dutch
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Dutch

Deepest traced root

15th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.8%

of traced words share this origin (225)

Germanic

branch · 22.8% of traced words

How it is built

verb

Same root, LUNT · 3 relatives in the game

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

LUNTING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 136
Its one board, across 136 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
132
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.

Built from these letters

LUNTING
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

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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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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