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TIRED
Definition of TIRED
verb
simple past and past participle of tire
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Word DNA
TIRED inherits its ancestry from its root, TIRE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, TIRE · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Sanskrit.
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.
TIRED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TIRED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIRT - 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.
Words that start TIRED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found TIRED?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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