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INTERRUPTED
Definition of INTERRUPTED
verb
simple past and past participle of interrupt
INTERRUPT
verb
To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking.
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Word DNA
INTERRUPTED inherits its ancestry from its root, INTERRUPT.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, INTERRUPT · 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.
INTERRUPTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
INTERRUPTED starts with I and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEINPRRTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, E and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start INTERRU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found INTERRUPTED?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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