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GRAPPLED

8 letters

Definition of GRAPPLED

verb

simple past and past participle of grapple

GRAPPLE

verb

To seize something and hold it firmly.

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Word DNA

GRAPPLED inherits its ancestry from its root, GRAPPLE.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  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 (11,595)

How it is built

verbcompound-le

Same root, GRAPPLE · 8 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Dutch.

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

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
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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.

GRAPPLED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 165
Its 4 boards, across 165 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
117
First board
159
Latest board
34
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

hurl777

on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GRAPPLED
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start GRAPPL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GRAPPLED?

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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.

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