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SIGHING

/ˈsaɪ̯.ɪŋ/7 letters

Definition of SIGHING

adjective

Accompanied by or uttered with a sigh.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English sighynge. By surface analysis, sigh + -ing.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Middle English
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle English

Deepest traced root

4th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

7.6%

of traced words share this origin (2,019)

Germanic

branch · 22.8% of traced words

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-ing

Same root, SIGH · 4 relatives in the game

Every Middle English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

SIGHING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 134
Its one board, across 134 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
134
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

garethlewis

on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SIGHING
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SIGHING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GGHIINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and G appear more than once.

Words that start SIGHIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SIGHINGLY

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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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