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GRABBED

/ɡɹæbd/7 letters

Definition of GRABBED

verb

simple past and past participle of grab

GRAB

verb

To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.

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Word DNA

GRABBED inherits its ancestry from its root, GRAB.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Middle Low German
  4. Middle Dutch
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,700)

How it is built

verb1 syllable

Same root, GRAB · 10 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Danish, Middle English, Old English, Old Norse, Sanskrit, Swedish.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GRABBED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 166
Its one board, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
151
First board
15
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

proftrillian42PATRON

on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GRABBED
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GRABBED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABBDEGR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start GRABBE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GRABBED?

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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.

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