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SEELING
Definition of SEELING
verb
present participle and gerund of seel
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Word DNA
SEELING inherits its ancestry from its root, SEEL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,656)
How it is built
Same root, SEEL · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SEELING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEELING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 SEELIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SEELING?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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