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WADSET
Definition of WADSET
noun
The conveyance of land in pledge for a debt; a mortgage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wedsetten, equivalent to wed (“pledge”) + set. Wad is a Scottish form of wed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,004)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WADSET · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WADSET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 73, 1 August 2026.
Built from these letters
WADSET starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADESTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WADSET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WADSET?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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