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PREPARING
Definition of PREPARING
verb
present participle and gerund of prepare
PREPARE
verb
To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.
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Word DNA
PREPARING inherits its ancestry from its root, PREPARE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PREPARE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PREPARING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 151, 18 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PREPARING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGINPPRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and R appear more than once.
Words that start PREPAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PREPARING?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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