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RUNTING
Definition of RUNTING
noun
The production of a runt in a litter of animals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From runt + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, RUNT · 12 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.
RUNTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
RUNTING starts with R and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N 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 RUNTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RUNTING?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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