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FIENDED
Definition of FIENDED
verb
simple past and past participle of fiend
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Word DNA
FIENDED inherits its ancestry from its root, FIEND.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (994)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FIEND · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Old Norse, Proto-Indo-European, Sanskrit, Scots and 2 more.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIENDED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FIENDED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEEFIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and D appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found FIENDED?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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