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DIRGED
Definition of DIRGED
verb
simple past and past participle of dirge
noun
A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a deceased person.
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Word DNA
DIRGED inherits its ancestry from its root, DIRGE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DIRGE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DIRGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 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
DIRGED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEGIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found DIRGED?
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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