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SUCKING
Definition of SUCKING
verb
present participle and gerund of suck
noun
An instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by suction.
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Word DNA
SUCKING inherits its ancestry from its root, SUCK.
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 (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, SUCK · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Welsh.
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.
SUCKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 68 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
SUCKING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGIKNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SUCKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SUCKING?
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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