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REIGNED

/ɹeɪnd/7 letters

Definition of REIGNED

verb

simple past and past participle of reign

REIGN

noun

The exercise of sovereign power.

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Word DNA

REIGNED inherits its ancestry from its root, REIGN.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,711)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

verb1 syllable

Same root, REIGN · 2 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Old English.

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Rarity score
Withheld
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.

REIGNED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 149
Its 21 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
33
First board
147
Latest board
35
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.

Built from these letters

REIGNED
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

REIGNED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEGINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found REIGNED?

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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.

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