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YELLOWING
Definition of YELLOWING
verb
present participle and gerund of yellow
noun
The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
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Word DNA
YELLOWING inherits its ancestry from its root, YELLOW.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
9.1%
of traced words share this origin (2,383)
How it is built
Same root, YELLOW · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Latin, Norwegian and 7 more.
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.
YELLOWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YELLOWING starts with Y and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGILLNOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start YELLOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found YELLOWING?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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