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FUNKED
Definition of FUNKED
verb
simple past and past participle of funk
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Word DNA
FUNKED inherits its ancestry from its root, FUNK.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FUNK · 10 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.
FUNKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUNKED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFKNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found FUNKED?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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