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MOUNDED
Definition of MOUNDED
verb
simple past and past participle of mound
noun
An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense
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Word DNA
MOUNDED inherits its ancestry from its root, MOUND.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,132)
How it is built
Same root, MOUND · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Icelandic, Latin, Middle Dutch, Old Norse.
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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.
MOUNDED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
MOUNDED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEMNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Could you have found MOUNDED?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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