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SILVERING
Definition of SILVERING
noun
The process of coating a surface with a thin layer of silver (or a similar metal), especially so as to form a mirror.
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Word DNA
SILVERING inherits its ancestry from its root, SILVER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,750)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SILVER · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SILVERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SILVERING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGIILNRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SILVER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found SILVERING?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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