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TAPERING
Definition of TAPERING
verb
present participle and gerund of taper
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Word DNA
TAPERING inherits its ancestry from its root, TAPER.
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (246)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TAPER · 2 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.
TAPERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TAPERING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGINPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 TAPERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found TAPERING?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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