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CONFUSED
Definition of CONFUSED
verb
simple past and past participle of confuse
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Where it comes from
Originally from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus + Middle English -ed (past participial suffix), from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō; now equivalent to confuse (a back-formation) + -ed.
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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.
CONFUSED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CONFUSED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEFNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CONFUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CONFUSED?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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