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KEYED

/kiːd/5 letters

Definition of KEYED

verb

simple past and past participle of key

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Most likely simply from the verb key; in slang perhaps connected to the "securing" action of a lock and key (compare e.g. scored).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

KEYED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 113
Its 7 boards, across 113 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
36
First board
112
Latest board
40
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

KEYED
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

KEYED starts with K and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEKY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

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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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.

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