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TELEPHONING
Definition of TELEPHONING
verb
present participle and gerund of telephone
noun
A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to communicate with each other over a distance; now usually a device having a dial or keypad with numerals for entering a number, etc., to connect with a person, and means (such as a sound or vibration) for alerting one to an incoming call or transmission; also, the handset or receiver of such a device.
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Word DNA
TELEPHONING inherits its ancestry from its root, TELEPHONE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,087)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TELEPHONE · 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.
TELEPHONING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 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
TELEPHONING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGHILNNOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start TELEPHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TELEPHONING?
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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