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YEDING
Definition of YEDING
Wiktionary has no entry for YEDING itself. This is its base word, YEDE.
verb
simple past of go, now replaced by went.
GO
verb
To move, either physically or in an abstract sense:
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for YEDE.
From Middle English yede, from Old English ēode.
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 (2,881)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, YEDE · 4 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.
YEDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YEDING starts with Y and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGINY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found YEDING?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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