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MASTERING
Definition of MASTERING
adjective
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Word DNA
MASTERING inherits its ancestry from its root, MASTER.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (854)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MASTER · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MASTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MASTERING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGIMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MASTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found MASTERING?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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