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AMBUSHED
Definition of AMBUSHED
verb
simple past and past participle of ambush
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Word DNA
AMBUSHED inherits its ancestry from its root, AMBUSH.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,919)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AMBUSH · 6 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.
AMBUSHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AMBUSHED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDEHMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start AMBUSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found AMBUSHED?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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