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CRUSADED
Definition of CRUSADED
verb
simple past and past participle of crusade
noun
Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars.
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Word DNA
CRUSADED inherits its ancestry from its root, CRUSADE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CRUSADE · 3 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.
CRUSADED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CRUSADED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDDERSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CRUSAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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