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PURGINGS
Definition of PURGINGS
noun
plural of purging
PURGE · via purging
verb
To clean thoroughly; to rid of impurities; to cleanse; to clear of (something unwanted).
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Word DNA
PURGINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, PURGING.
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 (2,183)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PURGINGS 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 6 days.
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
PURGINGS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GGINPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Could you have found PURGINGS?
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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