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AIRWAVE

7 letters

Definition of AIRWAVE

noun

singular of airwaves; thus often "radio" or "frequency".

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From air + wave.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

AIRWAVE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 123
Its one board, across 123 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
77
First board
46
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.

First ever to find it

abbydede

on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

AIRWAVE
7
Letters
4
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

AIRWAVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEIRVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start AIRWAV

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found AIRWAVE?

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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.

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