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PIVOTING
Definition of PIVOTING
verb
present participle and gerund of pivot
noun
A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle.
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Word DNA
PIVOTING inherits its ancestry from its root, PIVOT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PIVOT · 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.
PIVOTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
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 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PIVOTING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIINOPTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PIVOTING?
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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