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ANVILLED
Definition of ANVILLED
verb
simple past and past participle of anvil
noun
A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped.
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Word DNA
ANVILLED inherits its ancestry from its root, ANVIL.
Line of descent
8 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,575)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANVIL · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANVILLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANVILLED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEILLNV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ANVILL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANVILLED?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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