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SIEVED
Definition of SIEVED
verb
past participle of sieve
noun
A device with a mesh, grate, or otherwise perforated bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
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Word DNA
SIEVED inherits its ancestry from its root, SIEVE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, SIEVE · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Proto-Slavic, Russian.
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.
SIEVED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 149 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SIEVED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEISV - 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 18
Could you have found SIEVED?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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