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WORKING
Definition of WORKING
noun
Operation; action.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English werking, werkynge, warkynge, worchinge, from Old English wyrċing (“working”), verbal noun of wyrċan (“to work”), equivalent to work + -ing. Cognate with Scots wirking, warking, Dutch werking, German Wirkung.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (2,855)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WORK · 21 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WORKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WORKING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIKNORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WORKIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found WORKING?
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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