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YIELDING
Definition of YIELDING
verb
present participle and gerund of yield
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Where it comes from
From Middle English ȝeldinge, ȝeldynge, ȝeldinde, ȝeldand, from Old English ġyldende, ġieldende, present participle of ġieldan (“to yield, pay”), equivalent to yield + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
YIELDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YIELDING starts with Y and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGIILNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start YIELDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found YIELDING?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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