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WADIS
Definition of WADIS
noun
plural of wadi
noun
A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.
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Another sense
WADIS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of wadi.
Word DNA
WADIS inherits its ancestry from its root, WADI.
Line of descent
- Arabic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,104)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WADI · 3 relatives in the game
WADIS in a sentence
“Soils are sparse, mainly coarse sands, although in wadis and inundation zones there are often thick water-borne clay and silt deposits.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WADIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 117 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WADIS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADISW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found WADIS?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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