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WAIN
Definition of WAIN
noun
A wagon; a four-wheeled cart for hauling loads, usually pulled by horses or oxen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wayn, from Old English wæġn, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Doublet of wagon, borrowed from Middle Dutch. Cognate with West Frisian wein, Dutch wagen, German Wagen, Danish vogn, Norwegian vogn, Swedish vagn.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,661)
How it is built
Same root, WAIN · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Middle Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish.
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.
WAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 78 boards so far. 317 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WAIN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AINW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WAIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found WAIN?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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