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WALKING
Definition of WALKING
verb
present participle and gerund of walk
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Where it comes from
From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk + -ing.
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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.
WALKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WALKING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIKLNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WALKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found WALKING?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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