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DWINES
Definition of DWINES
Wiktionary has no entry for DWINES itself. This is its base word, DWINE.
verb
To wither, decline, pine away.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for DWINE.
From Middle English dwynen, from Old English dwīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwey- (“to slip away, dwindle, die”), from *dʰew- (“to pass away, die”). Compare West Frisian ferdwine, Dutch dwijnen, verdwijnen, Low German dwienen, verdwienen, Icelandic dvína. See also English dwindle, dush.
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.
DWINES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DWINES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEINSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found DWINES?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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