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QUESTIONED
Definition of QUESTIONED
verb
simple past and past participle of question
noun
A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
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Word DNA
QUESTIONED inherits its ancestry from its root, QUESTION.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, QUESTION · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Low German, Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUESTIONED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
QUESTIONED starts with Q and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEINOQSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUESTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found QUESTIONED?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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