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ALAYED
Definition of ALAYED
verb
simple past and past participle of alay
ALLAY · via alay
verb
To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
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Word DNA
ALAYED inherits its ancestry from its root, ALLAY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,888)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALLAY · 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.
ALAYED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALAYED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADELY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found ALAYED?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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