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TAILING
Definition of TAILING
verb
present participle and gerund of tail
noun
The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
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Word DNA
TAILING inherits its ancestry from its root, TAIL.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,608)
How it is built
Same root, TAIL · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Sanskrit, Swedish.
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.
TAILING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
TAILING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 49
Could you have found TAILING?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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