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ROCKETING
Definition of ROCKETING
verb
present participle and gerund of rocket
noun
A projectile. A cylindrical projectile that can be fired to a great height through combustion, a type of firework of this form, typically exploding with light and colour; a skyrocket. A blunt lance head used in jousting. A long vehicle or craft propelled by a rocket engine; a missile or rocket-propelled spacecraft. An engine operating similarly to the pyrotechnic, generating thrust by the expulsion of hot gases; a rocket engine.
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Word DNA
ROCKETING inherits its ancestry from its root, ROCKET.
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Italian
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ROCKET · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Latin, Middle English, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROCKETING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROCKETING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CEGIKNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ROCKET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found ROCKETING?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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