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SWEETLING
Definition of SWEETLING
noun
A small, sweet thing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sweet + -ling.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SWEET · 8 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.
SWEETLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWEETLING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGILNSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SWEETL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SWEETLING?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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