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QUERYING
Definition of QUERYING
verb
present participle and gerund of query
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Word DNA
QUERYING inherits its ancestry from its root, QUERY.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUERY · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUERYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 47 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 1 day.
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
QUERYING starts with Q and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGINQRUY - 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 QUERYI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found QUERYING?
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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