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VERGING
Definition of VERGING
verb
present participle and gerund of verge
noun
A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger. The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, by holding it in the hand and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge.
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Word DNA
VERGING inherits its ancestry from its root, VERGE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, VERGE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Anglo-Norman.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
VERGING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VERGING starts with V and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGGINRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Could you have found VERGING?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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