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WAES
Definition of WAES
noun
plural of wae (woe)
WAE
symbol
ISO 639-3 language code for Walser German.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AESW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WAES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found WAES?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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