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THREATENING
Definition of THREATENING
verb
present participle and gerund of threaten
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English thretenyng, þreteninde, equivalent to threaten + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,144)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, THREATEN · 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.
THREATENING 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 15 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
THREATENING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHINNRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, E and N appear more than once.
Words that start THREATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THREATENING?
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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