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WITTING
Definition of WITTING
noun
Knowledge, awareness.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Partly from Old Norse vitand, partly from the present participle of wit.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (208)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WIT · 2 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.
WITTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WITTING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIINTTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WITTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WITTING?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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