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WAIFT
Definition of WAIFT
noun
Obsolete form 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
How it is built
Same root, WAIFT · 1 relative 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.
WAIFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 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
WAIFT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AFITW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found WAIFT?
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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