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PALACED
Definition of PALACED
verb
simple past and past participle of palace
noun
Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
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Word DNA
PALACED inherits its ancestry from its root, PALACE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PALACE · 2 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.
PALACED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PALACED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDELP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found PALACED?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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