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COMMUTED
Definition of COMMUTED
verb
simple past and past participle of commute
COMMUTE
verb
To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash in; to lessen.
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Word DNA
COMMUTED inherits its ancestry from its root, COMMUTE.
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 (26,072)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COMMUTE · 5 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.
COMMUTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COMMUTED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEMMOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COMMUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COMMUTED?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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