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AIDED

/ˈeɪ.dɪd/5 letters

Definition of AIDED

verb

simple past and past participle of aid

AID

symbol

ISO 639-3 language code for Alngith.

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Word DNA

AIDED inherits its ancestry from its root, AID.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,696)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

verb2 syllables

Same root, AID · 3 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Italian, Portuguese, Spanish.

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Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

AIDED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 147
Its one board, across 147 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
134
First board
13
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

bishopta

on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

AIDED
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

AIDED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEI - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.

Could you have found AIDED?

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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.

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