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GLANCED
Definition of GLANCED
verb
simple past and past participle of glance
verb
To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly. To look briefly at (something). To cause (light) to gleam or sparkle. To cause (something) to move obliquely. To hit (a ball) lightly, causing it to move in another direction. To hit (a ball) with a bat held in a slanted manner; also, to play such a stroke against (the bowler). To communicate (something) using the eyes. To touch (something) lightly or obliquely; to graze. To make an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourably, on (a topic); also, to make (an incidental or passing reflection, often unfavourable).
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Word DNA
GLANCED inherits its ancestry from its root, GLANCE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,006)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GLANCE · 5 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.
GLANCED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GLANCED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GLANCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found GLANCED?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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