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OUTWASH
Definition of OUTWASH
noun
The sediment (mostly sand and gravel) deposited by water flowing from a melting glacier.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From out- + wash. Compare Middle English outwashen (“to wash out; rinse”).
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.
OUTWASH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 75, 3 August 2026.
Built from these letters
OUTWASH starts with O and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHOSTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 OUTWAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found OUTWASH?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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