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DELUDED

/dɪˈluːdɪd/7 letters

Definition of DELUDED

adjective

Being affected by delusions.

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Word DNA

DELUDED inherits its ancestry from its root, DELUDE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle English
  3. English

2 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

adjective3 syllablescompound

Same root, DELUDE · 6 relatives in the game

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.

DELUDED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 162
Its one board, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
141
First board
21
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.

First ever to find it

iowagonian

on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

DELUDED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDDEELU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.

Words that start DELUDE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DELUDED?

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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