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WONDERED
Definition of WONDERED
verb
simple past and past participle of wonder
noun
A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.
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Word DNA
WONDERED inherits its ancestry from its root, WONDER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.5%
of traced words share this origin (937)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WONDER · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WONDERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
WONDERED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DDEENORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
Words that start WONDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WONDERED?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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