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MOCKING
Definition of MOCKING
verb
present participle and gerund of mock
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Word DNA
MOCKING inherits its ancestry from its root, MOCK.
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 (11,575)
How it is built
Same root, MOCK · 12 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Swedish.
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.
MOCKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOCKING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIKMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MOCKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MOCKING?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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