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BUNKERED
Definition of BUNKERED
verb
simple past and past participle of bunker
noun
A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks.
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Word DNA
BUNKERED inherits its ancestry from its root, BUNKER.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,625)
How it is built
Same root, BUNKER · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUNKERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 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
BUNKERED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEEKNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 BUNKER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found BUNKERED?
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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