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SERGING
Definition of SERGING
verb
present participle and gerund of serge
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Word DNA
SERGING inherits its ancestry from its root, SERGE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (151)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SERGE · 4 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.
SERGING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SERGING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGGINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SERGING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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