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FACTORED
Definition of FACTORED
adjective
Expressed in terms of factors (values that are multiplied together to form a whole)
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Word DNA
FACTORED inherits its ancestry from its root, FACTOR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FACTOR · 3 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.
FACTORED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FACTORED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FACTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FACTORED?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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