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FUNCTIONED
Definition of FUNCTIONED
verb
simple past and past participle of function
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Word DNA
FUNCTIONED inherits its ancestry from its root, FUNCTION.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,166)
How it is built
Same root, FUNCTION · 5 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUNCTIONED 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 10 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
FUNCTIONED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEFINNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears 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.
Words that start FUNCTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FUNCTIONED?
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