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TAINTED
Definition of TAINTED
adjective
Corrupted or filled with imperfections.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From taint + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TAINT · 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.
TAINTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TAINTED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEINTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start TAINTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TAINTED?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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