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STRANGLED
Definition of STRANGLED
verb
simple past and past participle of strangle
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Word DNA
STRANGLED inherits its ancestry from its root, STRANGLE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STRANGLE · 2 relatives 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.
STRANGLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 119 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
STRANGLED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEGLNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start STRANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found STRANGLED?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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