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SWIFTING
Definition of SWIFTING
Wiktionary has no entry for SWIFTING itself. This is its base word, SWIFT.
adjective
Fast; quick; rapid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SWIFT.
From Middle English swift, from Old English swift (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Germanic *swiftaz (“swift; quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weyp- (“to twist; wind around”). Cognate with Icelandic svipta (“to pull quickly”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”). More at swivel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (11,506)
How it is built
Same root, SWIFT · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic.
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.
SWIFTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWIFTING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGIINSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found SWIFTING?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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