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FELTED
Definition of FELTED
verb
simple past and past participle of felt.
noun
A cloth or stuff made of matted fibres of wool, or wool and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving.
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Word DNA
FELTED inherits its ancestry from its root, FELT.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FELT · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, French, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FELTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FELTED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEFLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found FELTED?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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