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YAWNING
Definition of YAWNING
verb
present participle and gerund of yawn
verb
To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
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Word DNA
YAWNING inherits its ancestry from its root, YAWN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,180)
How it is built
Same root, YAWN · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Middle Dutch, Norwegian, Russian, Sanskrit, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YAWNING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
YAWNING starts with Y and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGINNWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found YAWNING?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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