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WASHERING
Definition of WASHERING
verb
present participle and gerund of washer
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Word DNA
WASHERING inherits its ancestry from its root, WASHER.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (5,012)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WASHERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WASHERING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGHINRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WASHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found WASHERING?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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