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PROFITING
Definition of PROFITING
noun
The making of a profit.
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Word DNA
PROFITING inherits its ancestry from its root, PROFIT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROFIT · 4 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.
PROFITING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 57, 16 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PROFITING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGIINOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PROFIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found PROFITING?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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