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BUDGED
Definition of BUDGED
verb
simple past and past participle of budge
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Word DNA
BUDGED inherits its ancestry from its root, BUDGE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BUDGE · 3 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.
BUDGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 76 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUDGED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDDEGU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found BUDGED?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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