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DAMAGED
Definition of DAMAGED
verb
simple past and past participle of damage
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Word DNA
DAMAGED inherits its ancestry from its root, DAMAGE.
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 (25,378)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DAMAGE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DAMAGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAMAGED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADDEGM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and A appear more than once.
Words that start DAMAGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DAMAGED?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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