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SHADOWED
Definition of SHADOWED
verb
simple past and past participle of shadow
noun
A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
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Word DNA
SHADOWED inherits its ancestry from its root, SHADOW.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,647)
How it is built
Same root, SHADOW · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Czech, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Norwegian, Persian and 6 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHADOWED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SHADOWED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEHOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start SHADOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHADOWED?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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