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CALLED
Definition of CALLED
verb
simple past and past participle of call
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Word DNA
CALLED inherits its ancestry from its root, CALL.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, CALL · 6 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.
CALLED in OUTLIER
It has fitted 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CALLED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDELL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CALLED?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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