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PAUSED
Definition of PAUSED
verb
simple past and past participle of pause
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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.
PAUSED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PAUSED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PAUSED?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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