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MODELLING
Definition of MODELLING
verb
present participle and gerund of model
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Word DNA
MODELLING inherits its ancestry from its root, MODEL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Italian
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MODEL · 10 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.
MODELLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 161, 28 October 2026.
Built from these letters
MODELLING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGILLMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MODELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MODELLING?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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