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REACHING
Definition of REACHING
verb
present participle and gerund of reach
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Where it comes from
From Middle English reching, rechyng, recchinge, rechand, from Old English *rǣċende and reċċende (“reaching”), from Proto-Germanic *raikijandz, present participle of *raikijaną (“to stretch, reach”) and Proto-Germanic *rakjandz, present participle of *rakjaną (“to stretch, straighten”). Equivalent to reach + -ing.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REACHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
REACHING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start REACHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REACHING?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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