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SERGED
Definition of SERGED
verb
simple past and past participle of serge
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Word DNA
SERGED inherits its ancestry from its root, SERGE.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (149)
branch · 0.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SERGE · 4 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.
SERGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SERGED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEGRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found SERGED?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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