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WAGTAIL
Definition of WAGTAIL
noun
Any of various small passerine birds, principally of genus Motacilla, of the Old World, notable for their long tails.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a partial suppletion of Middle English wagstert (literally “wag-tail”), equivalent to wag + tail.
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.
WAGTAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WAGTAIL starts with W and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAGILTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found WAGTAIL?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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