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WIELDED
Definition of WIELDED
verb
simple past and past participle of wield
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Word DNA
WIELDED inherits its ancestry from its root, WIELD.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (969)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WIELD · 4 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.
WIELDED 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 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
WIELDED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEEILW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and D appear more than once.
Could you have found WIELDED?
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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