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SEVERING
Definition of SEVERING
verb
present participle and gerund of sever
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Word DNA
SEVERING inherits its ancestry from its root, SEVER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SEVER · 2 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.
SEVERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SEVERING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGINRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 SEVERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found SEVERING?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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