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COVERED

/ˈkʌvə(ɹ)d/7 letters

Definition of COVERED

adjective

Overlaid (with) or enclosed (within something).

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Word DNA

COVERED inherits its ancestry from its root, COVER.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (24,817)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompoundco-

Same root, COVER · 10 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names German, Old English, Portuguese, Spanish.

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

COVERED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 163
Its 11 boards, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
7
First board
157
Latest board
43
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

COVERED
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start COVERE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

COVERERCOVERERS

Could you have found COVERED?

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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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