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HUGGED
Definition of HUGGED
verb
simple past and past participle of hug
HUG
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Huachipaeri.
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Word DNA
HUGGED inherits its ancestry from its root, HUG.
Line of descent
- Proto-Germanic
- Old Norse
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (4,066)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, HUG · 12 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HUGGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HUGGED starts with H and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGGHU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found HUGGED?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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