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PURGING
Definition of PURGING
verb
present participle and gerund of purge
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English purgynge; equivalent to purge + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,155)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PURG · 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.
PURGING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURGING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GGINPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Could you have found PURGING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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