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SOURCING
Definition of SOURCING
verb
present participle and gerund of source
noun
The person, place, or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
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Word DNA
SOURCING inherits its ancestry from its root, SOURCE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, SOURCE · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SOURCING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOURCING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGINORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SOURCI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOURCING?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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