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SQUEALING
Definition of SQUEALING
verb
present participle and gerund of squeal
noun
A high-pitched sound, such as the scream of a child or a female person, or noisy worn-down brake pads.
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Word DNA
SQUEALING inherits its ancestry from its root, SQUEAL.
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 (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, SQUEAL · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Swedish.
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.
SQUEALING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SQUEALING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGILNQSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SQUEAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found SQUEALING?
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