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LADDERED
Definition of LADDERED
adjective
Having a ladder in them.
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Word DNA
LADDERED inherits its ancestry from its root, LADDER.
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 (2,614)
How it is built
Same root, LADDER · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Irish, Sanskrit, Scots.
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.
LADDERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LADDERED starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDDEELR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start LADDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LADDERED?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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