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GROOVED
Definition of GROOVED
verb
simple past and past participle of groove
noun
A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a geological channel or depression.
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Word DNA
GROOVED inherits its ancestry from its root, GROOVE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, GROOVE · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GROOVED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 53, 12 July 2026.
Built from these letters
GROOVED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGOORV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 GROOVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found GROOVED?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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