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MARVELING
Definition of MARVELING
verb
present participle and gerund of marvel
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Word DNA
MARVELING inherits its ancestry from its root, MARVEL.
Line of descent
3 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, MARVEL · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MARVELING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MARVELING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGILMNRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MARVEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found MARVELING?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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