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SUBJECTING
Definition of SUBJECTING
verb
present participle and gerund of subject
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Word DNA
SUBJECTING inherits its ancestry from its root, SUBJECT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,240)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SUBJECT · 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.
SUBJECTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SUBJECTING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BCEGIJNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SUBJEC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SUBJECTING?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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