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RELYING
Definition of RELYING
verb
present participle and gerund of rely
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Word DNA
RELYING inherits its ancestry from its root, RELY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RELY · 9 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.
RELYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RELYING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGILNRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found RELYING?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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