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CUSTOMED
Definition of CUSTOMED
verb
simple past and past participle of custom
noun
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.
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Word DNA
CUSTOMED inherits its ancestry from its root, CUSTOM.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CUSTOM · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CUSTOMED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CUSTOMED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEMOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 CUSTOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CUSTOMED?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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