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STARING
Definition of STARING
verb
present participle and gerund of stare
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Word DNA
STARING inherits its ancestry from its root, STAR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,589)
How it is built
Same root, STAR · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, French, Hindi, Icelandic, Italian, Latin and 10 more.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STARING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 14 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
STARING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found STARING?
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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