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SULFURED
Definition of SULFURED
verb
simple past and past participle of sulfur
noun
A chemical element with atomic number 16, having a bright yellow color and characteristic smell, used commercially in a variety of products such as insecticides, black powder, and matchsticks.
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Word DNA
SULFURED inherits its ancestry from its root, SULFUR.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SULFUR · 20 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SULFURED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SULFURED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFLRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
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 SULFUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SULFURED?
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