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ANTIQUED
Definition of ANTIQUED
verb
simple past and past participle of antique
adjective
Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
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Word DNA
ANTIQUED inherits its ancestry from its root, ANTIQUE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANTIQUE · 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.
ANTIQUED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANTIQUED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEINQTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ANTIQU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found ANTIQUED?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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