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CADENCED
Definition of CADENCED
adjective
Having a regular, rhythmic cadence.
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Word DNA
CADENCED inherits its ancestry from its root, CADENCE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,623)
How it is built
Same root, CADENCE · 2 relatives in the game
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.
CADENCED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CADENCED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACCDDEEN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, D and E appear 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 CADENC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CADENCED?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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