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PERISHED
Definition of PERISHED
verb
simple past and past participle of perish
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Word DNA
PERISHED inherits its ancestry from its root, PERISH.
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 (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERISH · 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.
PERISHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 68, 27 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PERISHED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEHIPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PERISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERISHED?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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