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TRACED
Definition of TRACED
adjective
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Word DNA
TRACED inherits its ancestry from its root, TRACE.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,282)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRACE · 11 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.
TRACED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
TRACED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDERT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found TRACED?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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