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SPORTING
Definition of SPORTING
verb
present participle and gerund of sport
noun
Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, sport + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SPORT · 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.
SPORTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPORTING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPORTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found SPORTING?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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