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WAINSCOT
Definition of WAINSCOT
noun
An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot or Middle Dutch waghenscote, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) (from Old Saxon wagan) + schot, meaning “partition, crossbar," which is from or related to skiotan (“to shoot”).
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.
WAINSCOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 147 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WAINSCOT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACINOSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WAINSC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found WAINSCOT?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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