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RISING
Definition of RISING
verb
present participle and gerund of rise
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, rise + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RISING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 44, 3 July 2026.
Built from these letters
RISING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start RISING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found RISING?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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