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SWOOPING
Definition of SWOOPING
verb
present participle and gerund of swoop
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From swoop + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SWOOP · 6 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.
SWOOPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 83 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SWOOPING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINOOPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SWOOPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found SWOOPING?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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