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WAGENBOOM
Definition of WAGENBOOM
noun
A South African proteaceous tree (Protea nitida).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Afrikaans wagenboom, literally "wagon tree".
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.
WAGENBOOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 89 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAGENBOOM starts with W and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ABEGMNOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found WAGENBOOM?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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