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CALUMNIATED
Definition of CALUMNIATED
verb
simple past and past participle of calumniate
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Word DNA
CALUMNIATED inherits its ancestry from its root, CALUMNIATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CALUMNIATE · 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.
CALUMNIATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALUMNIATED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEILMNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CALUMNI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found CALUMNIATED?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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