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SURFACED
Definition of SURFACED
verb
simple past and past participle of surface
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Word DNA
SURFACED inherits its ancestry from its root, SURFACE.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (852)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SURFACE · 6 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.
SURFACED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SURFACED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SURFAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SURFACED?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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