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MORTIFYING
Definition of MORTIFYING
verb
present participle and gerund of mortify
verb
To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on.
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Word DNA
MORTIFYING inherits its ancestry from its root, MORTIFY.
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 (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MORTIFY · 5 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.
MORTIFYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MORTIFYING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGIIMNORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MORTIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found MORTIFYING?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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