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SWALING
Definition of SWALING
verb
present participle and gerund of swale
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Word DNA
SWALING inherits its ancestry from its root, SWALE.
Line of descent
- German
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,592)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SWALE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SWALING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWALING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILNSW - 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.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found SWALING?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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