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WELTERING
Definition of WELTERING
verb
present participle and gerund of welter
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Word DNA
WELTERING inherits its ancestry from its root, WELTER.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,311)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WELTER · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, German, Latin, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WELTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WELTERING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEGILNRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start WELTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found WELTERING?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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