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SOUNDING
Definition of SOUNDING
noun
The action of the verb to sound.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sound (“produce a sound”) + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SOUND · 3 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.
SOUNDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOUNDING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGINNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SOUNDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOUNDING?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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