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WAIFING
Definition of WAIFING
verb
present participle and gerund of waif
noun
An article of movable property which has been found, and of which the owner is not known, such as goods washed up on a beach or thrown away by an absconding thief; such items belong to the Crown, which may grant the right of ownership to them to a lord of a manor.
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Word DNA
WAIFING inherits its ancestry from its root, WAIF.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,608)
How it is built
Same root, WAIF · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAIFING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAIFING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AFGIINW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found WAIFING?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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