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MORPHING

8 letters

Definition of MORPHING

verb

present participle and gerund of morph

MORPH

noun

A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.

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Word DNA

MORPHING inherits its ancestry from its root, MORPH.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,695)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

verb

Same root, MORPH · 3 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names German.

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MORPHING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 151 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 42 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
42
Boards found on
10
First board
147
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

mollyborkon

on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MORPHING
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MORPHING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHIMNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start MORPHI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MORPHING?

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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.

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