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TRAVELLING
Definition of TRAVELLING
verb
present participle and gerund of travel
verb
To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place to another.
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Word DNA
TRAVELLING inherits its ancestry from its root, TRAVEL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,408)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRAVEL · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRAVELLING 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 12 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
TRAVELLING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGILLNRTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TRAVEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRAVELLING?
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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