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TASKED
Definition of TASKED
verb
simple past and past participle of task
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Word DNA
TASKED inherits its ancestry from its root, TASK.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TASK · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TASKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TASKED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEKST - 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.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found TASKED?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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