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DRUDGED
Definition of DRUDGED
verb
simple past and past participle of drudge
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Word DNA
DRUDGED inherits its ancestry from its root, DRUDGE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,488)
How it is built
Same root, DRUDGE · 3 relatives in the game
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.
DRUDGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
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
DRUDGED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDDEGRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start DRUDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DRUDGED?
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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