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STRAINED
Definition of STRAINED
adjective
Forced through a strainer.
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Word DNA
STRAINED inherits its ancestry from its root, STRAIN.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,424)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STRAIN · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STRAINED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRAINED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STRAIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found STRAINED?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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