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RIDICULED
Definition of RIDICULED
verb
simple past and past participle of ridicule
verb
To criticize or disapprove of someone or something through scornful jocularity; to make fun of.
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Word DNA
RIDICULED inherits its ancestry from its root, RIDICULE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, RIDICULE · 2 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.
RIDICULED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RIDICULED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDDEIILRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and D appear more than once.
Words that start RIDICU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RIDICULED?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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