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WORRIED
Definition of WORRIED
adjective
Thinking about unpleasant things that have happened or that might happen; feeling afraid and unhappy.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WORRIED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
WORRIED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIORRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WORRIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WORRIED?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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