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OPPUGNED
Definition of OPPUGNED
verb
simple past and past participle of oppugn
verb
To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity of a given statement.
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Word DNA
OPPUGNED inherits its ancestry from its root, OPPUGN.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OPPUGN · 3 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.
OPPUGNED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OPPUGNED starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGNOPPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start OPPUGN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OPPUGNED?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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