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WEATHERING
Definition of WEATHERING
noun
Weather, especially favourable or fair weather.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wederyng, equivalent to weather + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (4,790)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WEATHER · 8 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.
WEATHERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WEATHERING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEEGHINRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start WEATHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found WEATHERING?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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