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QUAKING
Definition of QUAKING
noun
The action of the verb quake.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English quakinge, quakyng, from Old English cwacung (“quaking, trembling”), equivalent to quake + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,855)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUAKE · 9 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.
QUAKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 102 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUAKING starts with Q and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIKNQU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUAKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found QUAKING?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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