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QUEERING
Definition of QUEERING
verb
present participle and gerund of queer
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Another sense
QUEERING carries a second meaning.
verb
Present participle of queer.
Word DNA
QUEERING inherits its ancestry from its root, QUEER.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,769)
How it is built
Same root, QUEER · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
QUEERING in a sentence
“Author Ann Herendeen's self-described "queering" of Pride/Prejudice doesn't stink because it's got heaps of explicit gay and straight sex.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUEERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 91 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUEERING starts with Q and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGINQRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUEERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found QUEERING?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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