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THORNING
Definition of THORNING
verb
present participle and gerund of thorn
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Word DNA
THORNING inherits its ancestry from its root, THORN.
Line of descent
- Sanskrit
- Polish
- Russian
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Dutch
- Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Germanic
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
11 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (749)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, THORN · 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.
THORNING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THORNING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHINNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start THORNI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THORNING?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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