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WASHING
Definition of WASHING
noun
The action of the verb to wash.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English waschynge / wasshynge / weschynge, from Old English *wæsċing / *weasċing (attested in weasċingweġ), from Proto-West Germanic *waskingu. By surface analysis, wash + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Waaskenge (“washing”), West Frisian wasking (“washing”), Dutch wassing (“washing”), German Waschung (“washing”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (909)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WASH · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WASHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 92 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WASHING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGHINSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WASHIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found WASHING?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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