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CEDED

/ˈsiːdɪd/5 letters

Definition of CEDED

verb

simple past and past participle of cede

CEDE

verb

To give up; yield to another. [with to]

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Word DNA

CEDED inherits its ancestry from its root, CEDE.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Latin
  3. Old French
  4. Middle French
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

9%

of traced words share this origin (2,608)

How it is built

verb2 syllables

Same root, CEDE · 3 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CEDED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 145
Its one board, across 145 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
141
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 141, 8 October 2026.

Built from these letters

CEDED
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CEDED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDDEE - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and D appear more than once.

Could you have found CEDED?

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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.

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