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SUBORNED
Definition of SUBORNED
verb
simple past and past participle of suborn
verb
To induce (someone) to commit an unlawful or malicious act, especially in a corrupt manner.
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Another sense
SUBORNED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of suborn.
Word DNA
SUBORNED inherits its ancestry from its root, SUBORN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,647)
How it is built
Same root, SUBORN · 3 relatives in the game
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.
SUBORNED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 90 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SUBORNED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDENORSU - 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 SUBORN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found SUBORNED?
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