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TAXED
Definition of TAXED
verb
simple past and past participle of tax
TAX
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Tamki.
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Word DNA
TAXED inherits its ancestry from its root, TAX.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TAX · 14 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.
TAXED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TAXED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADETX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses 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 TAXED?
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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