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OYSTERING
Definition of OYSTERING
verb
present participle and gerund of oyster
noun
Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.
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Word DNA
OYSTERING inherits its ancestry from its root, OYSTER.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OYSTER · 3 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.
OYSTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OYSTERING starts with O and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGINORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start OYSTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found OYSTERING?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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