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WAFERY
Definition of WAFERY
noun
A kitchen or building in which wafers and other pastries are prepared; the department of the royal household responsible for the preparation of wafers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English waaffery, probably from wafre + -ie (equivalent to wafer + -y). Compare Medieval Latin wafria, French wafrie.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,217)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names French, Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAFERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAFERY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEFRWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found WAFERY?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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