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MASSING
Definition of MASSING
verb
present participle and gerund of mass
noun
Matter, material. A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size. Precious metal, especially gold or silver. A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram. A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills.
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Word DNA
MASSING inherits its ancestry from its root, MASS.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,866)
How it is built
Same root, MASS · 5 relatives in the game
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.
MASSING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MASSING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIMNSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MASSIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MASSING?
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