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WACK
Definition of WACK
adjective
Annoyingly or disappointingly bad, in various senses; lousy, corny, cringy, uncool, messed up.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from wacky. Alternatively, possibly a blend of white + black, in the sense that it may appear black on the outside, but it's really white on the inside. Compare oreo.
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.
WACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 58, 17 July 2026.
Built from these letters
WACK starts with W and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACKW - 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 WACK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found WACK?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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