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SABOTAGED
Definition of SABOTAGED
verb
simple past and past participle of sabotage
noun
A deliberate action aimed at weakening someone (or something, a nation, etc) or preventing them from being successful, through subversion, obstruction, disruption, and/or destruction.
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Word DNA
SABOTAGED inherits its ancestry from its root, SABOTAGE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,103)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SABOTAGE · 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.
SABOTAGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SABOTAGED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABDEGOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SABOTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found SABOTAGED?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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