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NATURING
Definition of NATURING
verb
present participle and gerund of nature
noun
The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.
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Word DNA
NATURING inherits its ancestry from its root, NATURE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NATURE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NATURING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NATURING starts with N and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGINNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start NATURI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NATURING?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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