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RETURNED
Definition of RETURNED
verb
simple past and past participle of return
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Word DNA
RETURNED inherits its ancestry from its root, RETURN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RETURN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RETURNED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RETURNED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEENRRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start RETURN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RETURNED?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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