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WITCHED
Definition of WITCHED
verb
simple past and past participle of witch
noun
A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events, particularly one with malicious motives.
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Word DNA
WITCHED inherits its ancestry from its root, WITCH.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,191)
How it is built
Same root, WITCH · 12 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian, Latin, Sanskrit.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WITCHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WITCHED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEHITW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WITCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WITCHED?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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