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STAYING
Definition of STAYING
verb
present participle and gerund of stay
verb
To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
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Word DNA
STAYING inherits its ancestry from its root, STAY.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,984)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STAY · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Frankish, Icelandic, Latin, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STAYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 82 days.
Built from these letters
STAYING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGINSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found STAYING?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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