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INSULATED
Definition of INSULATED
adjective
Protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material.
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Word DNA
INSULATED inherits its ancestry from its root, INSULATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INSULATE · 2 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.
INSULATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
INSULATED starts with I and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEILNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start INSULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found INSULATED?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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