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MOUTHING
Definition of MOUTHING
verb
present participle and gerund of mouth
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Word DNA
MOUTHING inherits its ancestry from its root, MOUTH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
Same root, MOUTH · 13 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish and 1 more.
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.
MOUTHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOUTHING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHIMNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MOUTHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found MOUTHING?
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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