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SPOORING
Definition of SPOORING
verb
present participle and gerund of spoor
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Word DNA
SPOORING inherits its ancestry from its root, SPOOR.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (248)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPOOR · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Old English, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPOORING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPOORING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found SPOORING?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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