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SANCTIONED
Definition of SANCTIONED
verb
simple past and past participle of sanction
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Word DNA
SANCTIONED inherits its ancestry from its root, SANCTION.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SANCTION · 3 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.
SANCTIONED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SANCTIONED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEINNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SANCTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SANCTIONED?
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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