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WAFTAGES
Definition of WAFTAGES
noun
plural of waftage
noun
Conveyance, transportation on a buoyant medium, such as air or water. The act of being wafted.
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Word DNA
WAFTAGES inherits its ancestry from its root, WAFT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (449)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WAFT · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Icelandic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAFTAGES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAFTAGES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEFGSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found WAFTAGES?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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