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WRITHED
Definition of WRITHED
verb
simple past and past participle of writhe
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Word DNA
WRITHED inherits its ancestry from its root, WRITHE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,647)
How it is built
Same root, WRITHE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, French, Middle Dutch, Swedish.
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.
WRITHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 100 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WRITHED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHIRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WRITHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found WRITHED?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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