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WELKED
Definition of WELKED
verb
simple past and past participle of welk
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Word DNA
WELKED inherits its ancestry from its root, WELK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
29th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (79)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WELK · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Proto-Germanic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WELKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WELKED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEKLW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found WELKED?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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