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HELPED
Definition of HELPED
verb
simple past and past participle of help
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Word DNA
HELPED inherits its ancestry from its root, HELP.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,585)
How it is built
Same root, HELP · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Yiddish.
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.
HELPED in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.
First found by a player on Day 69, 28 July 2026.
Built from these letters
HELPED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEHLP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found HELPED?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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