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WRANGLED
Definition of WRANGLED
verb
simple past and past participle of wrangle
verb
To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending. Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining. To speak or write (something) in an argumentative or contentious manner. To spend (time) arguing or quarrelling. To herd (horses or other livestock). To manage or supervise (people). To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling.
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Word DNA
WRANGLED inherits its ancestry from its root, WRANGLE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (981)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WRANGLE · 2 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.
WRANGLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 85 boards so far. 412 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WRANGLED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEGLNRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WRANGL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
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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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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