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AWAIT
Definition of AWAIT
verb
To wait for.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English awaiten, from Old Northern French awaitier (“to lie in wait for, watch, observe”), originally especially with a hostile sense; itself from a- (“to”) + waitier (“to watch”). More at English wait.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AWAIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
AWAIT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAITW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AWAIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AWAIT?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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