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TINKERED
Definition of TINKERED
verb
simple past and past participle of tinker
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Word DNA
TINKERED inherits its ancestry from its root, TINK.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,971)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TINK · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TINKERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TINKERED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEIKNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start TINKER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found TINKERED?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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