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STEPPED
Definition of STEPPED
verb
simple past and past participle of step
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Word DNA
STEPPED inherits its ancestry from its root, STEP.
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 (11,895)
How it is built
Same root, STEP · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Polish, 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.
STEPPED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STEPPED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEPPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and P appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start STEPPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STEPPED?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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