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THUNDERINGS
Definition of THUNDERINGS
noun
plural of thundering
THUNDER · via thundering
noun
The loud rumbling, cracking, or crashing sound caused by expansion of rapidly heated air around a lightning bolt.
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Word DNA
THUNDERINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, THUNDERING.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.5%
of traced words share this origin (2,003)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THUNDERINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
THUNDERINGS starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEGHINNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
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 THUNDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THUNDERINGS?
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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