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VAMPIRING
Definition of VAMPIRING
verb
present participle and gerund of vampire
noun
A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living.
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Word DNA
VAMPIRING inherits its ancestry from its root, VAMPIRE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
48th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (17)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VAMPIRE · 3 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.
VAMPIRING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
VAMPIRING starts with V and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIIMNPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start VAMPIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found VAMPIRING?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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