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COUNTERACTED
Definition of COUNTERACTED
verb
simple past and past participle of counteract
COUNTERACT
noun
An action performed in opposition to another action.
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Word DNA
COUNTERACTED inherits its ancestry from its root, COUNTERACT.
How it is built
Same root, COUNTERACT · 1 relative 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.
COUNTERACTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COUNTERACTED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACCDEENORTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, T and E appear more than once.
Words that start COUNTERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COUNTERACTED?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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