The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
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).
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 11 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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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