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POLING
Definition of POLING
verb
present participle and gerund of pole
noun
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
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Word DNA
POLING inherits its ancestry from its root, POLE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,647)
How it is built
Same root, POLE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Scots, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
POLING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GILNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found POLING?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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