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WANDERED
Definition of WANDERED
verb
simple past and past participle of wander
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Word DNA
WANDERED inherits its ancestry from its root, WANDER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (887)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WANDER · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WANDERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WANDERED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEENRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
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 WANDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WANDERED?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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