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SHOWING
Definition of SHOWING
verb
present participle and gerund of show
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Where it comes from
From Middle English schewynge, schewand, schewande, schewende, from Old English sċēawiende, from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōndī, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, observe”), equivalent to show + -ing.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHOWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHOWING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHINOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHOWIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found SHOWING?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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