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WONDERING
Definition of WONDERING
verb
present participle and gerund of wonder
noun
A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.
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Word DNA
WONDERING inherits its ancestry from its root, WONDER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,940)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WONDERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 159, 26 October 2026.
Built from these letters
WONDERING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGINNORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start WONDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WONDERING?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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