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WORKED
Definition of WORKED
verb
simple past and past participle of work
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Word DNA
WORKED inherits its ancestry from its root, WORK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, WORK · 21 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Russian and 4 more.
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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.
WORKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WORKED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEKORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found WORKED?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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