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SHROUDED
Definition of SHROUDED
adjective
Wearing, or provided with a shroud.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schrouded, equivalent to shroud + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.5%
of traced words share this origin (2,003)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHROUD · 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.
SHROUDED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHROUDED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEHORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start SHROUD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHROUDED?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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