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GRIEVED
Definition of GRIEVED
verb
simple past and past participle of grieve
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Word DNA
GRIEVED inherits its ancestry from its root, GRIEVE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (358)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRIEVE · 4 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.
GRIEVED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GRIEVED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEGIRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 GRIEVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found GRIEVED?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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