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STAGGED
Definition of STAGGED
verb
simple past and past participle of stag
noun
An adult male deer, especially a red deer and especially one in high adulthood versus a young adult.
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Word DNA
STAGGED inherits its ancestry from its root, STAG.
Line of descent
5 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, STAG · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic.
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.
STAGGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STAGGED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEGGST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STAGGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STAGGED?
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