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WRETCHED
Definition of WRETCHED
adjective
Characterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English wrecched (“(adjective) characterized by or suffering hardship or misfortune, miserable, unfortunate, unhappy; indigent, poor; of low economic or social status, lowly; (noun) miserable person”) [and other forms], from wrecche (“characterized by or suffering hardship or misfortune, miserable, unfortunate, unhappy; indigent, poor; of low economic or social status, lowly; base, contemptible, vile; reprehensible, wicked; miserly, stingy; of little importance, paltry, worthless”) (from Late Old English wrecc, from Old English wreċċa (“an exile, outcast”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to follow, track; to hunt”)) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives). The English word is analysable as wretch (“(obsolete) wretched”, adjective) + -ed (suffix forming adjectives).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,623)
How it is built
Same root, WRETCH · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WRETCHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 135 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WRETCHED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEHRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start WRETCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
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