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YAWLED
Definition of YAWLED
verb
simple past and past participle of yawl
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Word DNA
YAWLED inherits its ancestry from its root, YAWL.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, YAWL · 3 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.
YAWLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
YAWLED starts with Y and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADELWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found YAWLED?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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