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WATCHING
Definition of WATCHING
verb
present participle and gerund of watch
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Word DNA
WATCHING inherits its ancestry from its root, WATCH.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,890)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WATCH · 7 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.
WATCHING in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WATCHING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHINTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WATCHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WATCHING?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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