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WAFER
Definition of WAFER
noun
A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wafre, from Anglo-Norman wafre, waufre (Old French gaufre), from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Low German wāfel, Middle Dutch wafel (“honeycomb”), West Flemish wafer. See also waffle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
27th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (102)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WAFER · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAFER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 105 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WAFER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WAFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found WAFER?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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