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WEASELING
Definition of WEASELING
verb
present participle and gerund of weasel
noun
Any of the carnivorous mammals of the genera Mustela, Neogale, Poecilogale, and Lyncodon, having a slender body, a long tail and usually a light brown upper coat and light-coloured belly.
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Word DNA
WEASELING inherits its ancestry from its root, WEASEL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (980)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WEASEL · 3 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.
WEASELING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WEASELING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEEGILNSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 WEASEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found WEASELING?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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