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AWAKE
Definition of AWAKE
adjective
Not asleep; conscious.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English awake, a shortened form of awaken (“awakened, awake”), past participle of Middle English awaken (“to awaken”). See verb below. Compare Saterland Frisian woak (“awake”), German Low German waak (“awake”), German wach (“awake”).
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.
AWAKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AWAKE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEKW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AWAKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found AWAKE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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