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DOZENED
Definition of DOZENED
Wiktionary has no entry for DOZENED itself. This is its base word, DOZEN.
noun
A set of twelve.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for DOZEN.
From Middle English dozen, dozein, doseyne, from Old French dozaine (“a group of twelve”) (Modern French douzaine), from doze (“twelve”) + -aine (“-ish”), from Latin duodecim (“twelve”) (from duo (“two”) + decem (“ten”)) + -ana (“-ish”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DOZEN · 6 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.
DOZENED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DOZENED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEENOZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found DOZENED?
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