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HAUNTED
Definition of HAUNTED
adjective
Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.
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Word DNA
HAUNTED inherits its ancestry from its root, HAUNT.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, HAUNT · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Swedish.
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.
HAUNTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 75 boards so far. 144 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HAUNTED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEHNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HAUNTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found HAUNTED?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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