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TROUBLED
Definition of TROUBLED
adjective
Anxious, worried, careworn.
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Word DNA
TROUBLED inherits its ancestry from its root, TROUBLE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TROUBLE · 6 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.
TROUBLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
TROUBLED starts with T and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDELORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TROUBL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found TROUBLED?
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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