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QUALIFYING
Definition of QUALIFYING
verb
present participle and gerund of qualify
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Word DNA
QUALIFYING inherits its ancestry from its root, QUALIFY.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (336)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUALIFY · 2 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.
QUALIFYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUALIFYING starts with Q and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AFGIILNQUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUALIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found QUALIFYING?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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