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PURLING
Definition of PURLING
verb
present participle and gerund of purl
noun
A particular stitch in knitting in which the working yarn is pulled through an existing stitch from front to back.
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Other senses
PURLING carries 3 further meanings.
noun
The motion of a small stream running among obstructions; also, the murmur it makes in so doing.
verb
Present participle of purl.
noun
the motion of a small stream among obstructions; flowing with a murmuring sound
Word DNA
PURLING inherits its ancestry from its root, PURL.
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (340)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PURL · 4 relatives in the game
PURLING in a sentence
“This Urban Gardner column incorrectly spelled the term purling as pearling.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PURLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 121 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURLING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GILNPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PURLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found PURLING?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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