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KILLED
Definition of KILLED
verb
simple past and past participle of kill
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Word DNA
KILLED inherits its ancestry from its root, KILL.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,883)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, KILL · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
KILLED in OUTLIER
It has fitted 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
Built from these letters
KILLED starts with K and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIKLL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found KILLED?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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