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MAJORING
Definition of MAJORING
verb
present participle and gerund of major
adjective
: Greater in dignity, rank, importance, significance, or interest. Greater in number, quantity, or extent.
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Word DNA
MAJORING inherits its ancestry from its root, MAJOR.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,623)
How it is built
Same root, MAJOR · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, French, Spanish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MAJORING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MAJORING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIJMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start MAJORI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found MAJORING?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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