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RAILROADED
Definition of RAILROADED
verb
simple past and past participle of railroad
noun
A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
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Word DNA
RAILROADED inherits its ancestry from its root, RAILROAD.
How it is built
Same root, RAILROAD · 4 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.
RAILROADED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RAILROADED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADDEILORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, A and D appear more than once.
Words that start RAILRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RAILROADED?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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