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DESPAIRED
Definition of DESPAIRED
verb
simple past and past participle of despair
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Word DNA
DESPAIRED inherits its ancestry from its root, DESPAIR.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.8%
of traced words share this origin (787)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DESPAIR · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, 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.
DESPAIRED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESPAIRED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEEIPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
Words that start DESPAI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESPAIRED?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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