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THREATED
Definition of THREATED
verb
simple past and past participle of threat
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Word DNA
THREATED inherits its ancestry from its root, THREAT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,866)
How it is built
Same root, THREAT · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Czech, Icelandic, Middle Low German, Polish, Russian, Scots.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THREATED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 167, 3 November 2026.
Built from these letters
THREATED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEHRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear 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 THREAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found THREATED?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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