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WITHERING
Definition of WITHERING
adjective
Tending to destroy, devastate, overwhelm, or cause complete destruction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wither + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WITHERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 111 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WITHERING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHIINRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start WITHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found WITHERING?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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