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SLEEPING
Definition of SLEEPING
verb
present participle and gerund of sleep
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Word DNA
SLEEPING inherits its ancestry from its root, SLEEP.
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 (3,724)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLEEP · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Yiddish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLEEPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SLEEPING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGILNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 SLEEPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLEEPING?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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