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SURVEILING
Definition of SURVEILING
verb
present participle and gerund of surveil
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Word DNA
SURVEILING inherits its ancestry from its root, SURVEIL.
How it is built
Same root, SURVEIL · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SURVEILING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SURVEILING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGIILNRSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start SURVEI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SURVEILING?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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