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INFLAMED
Definition of INFLAMED
adjective
Resulting from or affected by inflammation.
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Word DNA
INFLAMED inherits its ancestry from its root, INFLAME.
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, INFLAME · 2 relatives in the game
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.
INFLAMED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INFLAMED starts with I and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFILMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INFLAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found INFLAMED?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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