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ALIENATED
Definition of ALIENATED
verb
simple past and past participle of alienate
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Word DNA
ALIENATED inherits its ancestry from its root, ALIENATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALIENATE · 2 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.
ALIENATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ALIENATED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEEILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start ALIENA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found ALIENATED?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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