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PILOTING
Definition of PILOTING
noun
The form of navigation in which position is determined by relation to external reference points.
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Word DNA
PILOTING inherits its ancestry from its root, PILOT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,240)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PILOT · 7 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.
PILOTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PILOTING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIILNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found PILOTING?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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