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STEELING
Definition of STEELING
verb
present participle and gerund of steel
noun
An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
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Word DNA
STEELING inherits its ancestry from its root, STEEL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Same root, STEEL · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Scots, 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.
STEELING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STEELING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STEELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found STEELING?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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