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SWOONING
Definition of SWOONING
verb
present participle and gerund of swoon
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Word DNA
SWOONING inherits its ancestry from its root, SWOON.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,080)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SWOON · 3 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.
SWOONING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWOONING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINNOOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SWOONI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SWOONING?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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