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FASTENED
Definition of FASTENED
verb
simple past and past participle of fasten
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Word DNA
FASTENED inherits its ancestry from its root, FASTEN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,592)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FASTEN · 4 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.
FASTENED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FASTENED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FASTEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FASTENED?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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