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CARRIED
Definition of CARRIED
verb
simple past and past participle of carry
CARRY
verb
To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
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Word DNA
CARRIED inherits its ancestry from its root, CARRY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CARRY · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CARRIED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 155, 22 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CARRIED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 CARRIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CARRIED?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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