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WAILSOME
Definition of WAILSOME
adjective
Characterised or marked by wailing
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wail + -some.
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.
WAILSOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAILSOME starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILMOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found WAILSOME?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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