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DUSHED
Definition of DUSHED
verb
simple past and past participle of dush
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Word DNA
DUSHED inherits its ancestry from its root, DUSH.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,197)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DUSH · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DUSHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DUSHED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEHSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found DUSHED?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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