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DIED

/daɪd/4 letters

Definition of DIED

verb

simple past and past participle of die

DIE

verb

To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death. followed by of as an indication of direct cause; general use:

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Word DNA

How it is built

verb1 syllable

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.

DIED in OUTLIER

It has fitted 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 142
Its 2 boards, across 142 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards it fitted
76
First board
90
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.

First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.

Built from these letters

DIED
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

DIED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEI - 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.

DEID

Words that start DIED

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DIEDREDIEDRALDIEDRESDIEDRALS

Could you have found DIED?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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