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TOPWORKED
Definition of TOPWORKED
verb
simple past and past participle of topwork
verb
To perform a graft on a fruit tree to change it to a more popular or profitable cultivar.
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Word DNA
TOPWORKED inherits its ancestry from its root, TOPWORK.
How it is built
Same root, TOPWORK · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TOPWORKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOPWORKED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEKOOPRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start TOPWOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found TOPWORKED?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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