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SHALLOWING
Definition of SHALLOWING
verb
present participle and gerund of shallow
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Word DNA
SHALLOWING inherits its ancestry from its root, SHALLOW.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
9.1%
of traced words share this origin (2,383)
How it is built
Same root, SHALLOW · 2 relatives in the game
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.
SHALLOWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHALLOWING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGHILLNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHALLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHALLOWING?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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