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SINKHOLED
Definition of SINKHOLED
verb
simple past and past participle of sinkhole
noun
A hole formed in soluble rock by the action of water, serving to conduct surface water to an underground passage.
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Word DNA
SINKHOLED inherits its ancestry from its root, SINKHOLE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,297)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SINKHOLE · 1 relative 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.
SINKHOLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SINKHOLED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHIKLNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found SINKHOLED?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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