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RAISING
Definition of RAISING
verb
present participle and gerund of raise
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,109)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RAISING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
RAISING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RAISIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found RAISING?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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