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WAILING
Definition of WAILING
noun
A loud drawn out scream or howl.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wail + -ing.
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.
WAILING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WAILING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIILNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found WAILING?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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