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WITHING
Definition of WITHING
verb
present participle and gerund of withe
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Word DNA
WITHING inherits its ancestry from its root, WITH.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (114)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WITH · 5 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.
WITHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 89, 17 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WITHING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHIINTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I 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 WITHIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WITHING?
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 89 - and most players walked straight past it.
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