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GRUDGED
Definition of GRUDGED
verb
simple past and past participle of grudge
noun
Deep-seated and/or long-term animosity or ill will about something or someone, especially due to perceived mistreatment.
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Word DNA
GRUDGED inherits its ancestry from its root, GRUDGE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (887)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GRUDGE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRUDGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 134, 1 October 2026.
Built from these letters
GRUDGED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEGGRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G and D appear 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 GRUDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRUDGED?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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