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SHARPING
Definition of SHARPING
verb
present participle and gerund of sharp
adjective
Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
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Word DNA
SHARPING inherits its ancestry from its root, SHARP.
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 (2,625)
How it is built
Same root, SHARP · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Irish, Latin, Polish, Russian.
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.
SHARPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SHARPING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGHINPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHARPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHARPING?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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