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PERSUADED

/pɚˈsweɪdɪd/9 letters

Definition of PERSUADED

verb

simple past and past participle of persuade

PERSUADE

verb

To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence.

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Word DNA

PERSUADED inherits its ancestry from its root, PERSUADE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (26,276)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

verb2 syllables

Same root, PERSUADE · 6 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PERSUADED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its 2 boards, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
134
First board
172
Latest board
38
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 134, 1 October 2026.

Built from these letters

PERSUADED
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PERSUADED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEEPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and D appear more than once.

Words that start PERSUA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PERSUADEPERSUADERPERSUADESPERSUADERSPERSUADINGPERSUASIONPERSUASIVEPERSUASORYPERSUADABLEPERSUADABLYPERSUASIBLEPERSUASIONS

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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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.

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