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OUTLIVING
Definition of OUTLIVING
verb
present participle and gerund of outlive
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Word DNA
OUTLIVING inherits its ancestry from its root, OUTLIVE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,144)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OUTLIVE · 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.
OUTLIVING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
OUTLIVING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIILNOTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start OUTLIV
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found OUTLIVING?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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