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SOUTHERING
Definition of SOUTHERING
verb
present participle and gerund of souther
SOUTH · via souther
noun
The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.
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Word DNA
SOUTHERING inherits its ancestry from its root, SOUTHER.
How it is built
Same root, SOUTHER · 2 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.
SOUTHERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 67, 26 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SOUTHERING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHINORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SOUTHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SOUTHERING?
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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.
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