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EARWIGGED
Definition of EARWIGGED
verb
simple past and past participle of earwig
noun
Any of various insects of the order Dermaptera that have elongated bodies, large membranous wings folded underneath short leathery forewings and a pair of large pincers protruding from the rear of the abdomen.
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Word DNA
EARWIGGED inherits its ancestry from its root, EARWIG.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,219)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EARWIG · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, French, German, Proto-Indo-European, Romanian, Russian, Turkish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EARWIGGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EARWIGGED starts with E and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEGGIRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and G appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start EARWIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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