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HELICOPTED
Definition of HELICOPTED
verb
simple past and past participle of helicopt
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Word DNA
HELICOPTED inherits its ancestry from its root, HELICOPT.
How it is built
Same root, HELICOPT · 6 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.
HELICOPTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
HELICOPTED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEHILOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start HELICO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found HELICOPTED?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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