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ALLOWED
Definition of ALLOWED
verb
simple past and past participle of allow
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Word DNA
ALLOWED inherits its ancestry from its root, ALLOW.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,419)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ALLOW · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Proto-Germanic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ALLOWED in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ALLOWED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADELLOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ALLOWE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ALLOWED?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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