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POINTED
Definition of POINTED
verb
simple past and past participle of point
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Word DNA
POINTED inherits its ancestry from its root, POINT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,855)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POINT · 11 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.
POINTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
POINTED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEINOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POINTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found POINTED?
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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