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MOILING
Definition of MOILING
verb
present participle and gerund of moil
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Word DNA
MOILING inherits its ancestry from its root, MOIL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MOIL · 11 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.
MOILING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOILING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIILMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found MOILING?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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