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NULLING

/ˈnʌlɪŋ/7 letters

Definition of NULLING

verb

present participle and gerund of null

NULL

noun

A non-existent or empty value or set of values.

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Word DNA

NULLING inherits its ancestry from its root, NULL.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (25,330)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

verb2 syllables

Same root, NULL · 6 relatives in the game

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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.

NULLING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its one board, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
145
First board
22
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First ever to find it

logophilius

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

NULLING
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

NULLING starts with N and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GILLNNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and L appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start NULLIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found NULLING?

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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.

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