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AUCTIONED
Definition of AUCTIONED
verb
simple past and past participle of auction
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Word DNA
AUCTIONED inherits its ancestry from its root, AUCTION.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, AUCTION · 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.
AUCTIONED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AUCTIONED starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEINOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AUCTIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found AUCTIONED?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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