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OWNED
Definition of OWNED
verb
simple past and past participle of own
OWN
adjective
Belonging to; possessed; acquired and designated by; proper to; property of; titled to; held in one's name; under/using the name of. Often marks a possessive determiner as reflexive, referring back to the subject of the clause or sentence.
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Word DNA
OWNED inherits its ancestry from its root, OWN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Same root, OWN · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Sanskrit, Scots, Swedish.
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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.
OWNED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OWNED starts with O and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DENOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found OWNED?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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