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DIVERTED

/daɪˈvɜːtəd/8 letters

Definition of DIVERTED

adjective

that has been subject to diversion

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Word DNA

DIVERTED inherits its ancestry from its root, DIVERT.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 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 syllablescompounddi-

Same root, DIVERT · 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.

DIVERTED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 163
Its one board, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
132
First board
31
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.

First ever to find it

paperkingdoms

on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

DIVERTED
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start DIVERT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found DIVERTED?

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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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