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RANSACKED
Definition of RANSACKED
verb
simple past and past participle of ransack
verb
To search (a place, through things, etc.) thoroughly, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray.
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Word DNA
RANSACKED inherits its ancestry from its root, RANSACK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
How it is built
Same root, RANSACK · 2 relatives in the game
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.
RANSACKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
RANSACKED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEKNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start RANSAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
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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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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