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TELPHERING
Definition of TELPHERING
verb
present participle and gerund of telpher
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Word DNA
TELPHERING inherits its ancestry from its root, TELPHER.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.5%
of traced words share this origin (3,477)
branch · 12.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TELPHER · 1 relative 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.
TELPHERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 128, 25 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 128, 25 September 2026.
Built from these letters
TELPHERING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGHILNPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TELPHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TELPHERING?
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 128 - and most players walked straight past it.
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