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WITHERED
Definition of WITHERED
adjective
Shrivelled, shrunken or faded, especially due to lack of water.
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Word DNA
WITHERED inherits its ancestry from its root, WITHER.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (116)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WITHER · 3 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.
WITHERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 113 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WITHERED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEHIRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start WITHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found WITHERED?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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