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SLEIGHING
Definition of SLEIGHING
verb
present participle and gerund of sleigh
noun
A vehicle, generally pulled by an animal, which moves over snow or ice on runners, used for transporting persons or goods.
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Word DNA
SLEIGHING inherits its ancestry from its root, SLEIGH.
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Middle Dutch
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (4,019)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SLEIGH · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SLEIGHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SLEIGHING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGGHIILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and G appear more than once.
Words that start SLEIGH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SLEIGHING?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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