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WIVING
Definition of WIVING
verb
present participle and gerund of wive
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Word DNA
WIVING inherits its ancestry from its root, WIVE.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,005)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WIVE · 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.
WIVING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WIVING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIINVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found WIVING?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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