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SPIDERING
Definition of SPIDERING
verb
present participle and gerund of spider
noun
Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
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Word DNA
SPIDERING inherits its ancestry from its root, SPIDER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,005)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Proto-Slavic, Russian, Turkish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPIDERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPIDERING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGIINPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I 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 SPIDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPIDERING?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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