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LAUGHED
Definition of LAUGHED
verb
simple past and past participle of laugh
noun
An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
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Word DNA
LAUGHED inherits its ancestry from its root, LAUGH.
Line of descent
- Russian
- Welsh
- Scottish Gaelic
- Irish
- Icelandic
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Yiddish
- Dutch
- Scots
- Proto-Germanic
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
14 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (375)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LAUGH · 11 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.
LAUGHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LAUGHED starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEGHLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found LAUGHED?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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