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DINED
Definition of DINED
verb
simple past and past participle of dine
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Word DNA
DINED inherits its ancestry from its root, DIN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,413)
How it is built
Same root, DIN · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Norwegian, Old Norse, Sanskrit, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DINED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
DINED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEIN - 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.
Could you have found DINED?
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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