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WIDOWED
Definition of WIDOWED
adjective
Whose spouse has died or is gone missing; who has become a widow or widower.
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Word DNA
WIDOWED inherits its ancestry from its root, WIDOW.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,589)
How it is built
Same root, WIDOW · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, French, Irish, Italian, Latin and 9 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WIDOWED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WIDOWED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEIOWW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. W and D appear more than once.
Words that start WIDOWE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WIDOWED?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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