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GRAYWATERS
Definition of GRAYWATERS
noun
plural of graywater
GRAYWATER
noun
Alternative spelling of gray water.
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Word DNA
GRAYWATERS inherits its ancestry from its root, GRAY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,769)
How it is built
Same root, GRAY · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Russian, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GRAYWATERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GRAYWATERS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEGRRSTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and A appear more than once.
Words that start GRAYWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GRAYWATERS?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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