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WAFTER
Definition of WAFTER
noun
Armed convoy or escort ship
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alteration of Middle English waughter, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wachter (“a guard”), from wachten (“to guard”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (339)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WAFT · 9 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAFTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAFTER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found WAFTER?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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