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ACHED
Definition of ACHED
verb
simple past and past participle of ache
verb
To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
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Word DNA
ACHED inherits its ancestry from its root, ACHE.
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 (11,787)
How it is built
Same root, ACHE · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Dutch.
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.
ACHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 47, 6 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ACHED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEH - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found ACHED?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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