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TYING

/ˈtaɪ.ɪŋ/5 letters

Definition of TYING

noun

Action of the verb to tie; ligature.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English tiȝing, teing, from Old English *tīgung, tīging (“connection”), from Proto-Germanic *taugungō, from *taugijaną from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to tug, draw”). Equivalent to tie + -ing. Present participle from Old English tīgende, from tīgan, tīegan.

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TYING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its one board, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
116
First board
5
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

thewordguy24

on Day 116, 13 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TYING
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TYING starts with T and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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