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WAFT
Definition of WAFT
verb
To (cause to) float easily or gently through the air.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English waften, of uncertain origin. Possibly from unattested Old English *wafettan, from wafian (“to wave”) + -ettan, or perhaps borrowed from Middle Dutch wachten (“to guard, provide for”). See also German wabern (“to waft”), Faroese veiftra (“to wave”) and Icelandic váfa (“to fluctuate, waver, doubt”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 93 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WAFT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AFTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WAFT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found WAFT?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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