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WAINSCOTED
Definition of WAINSCOTED
adjective
Alternative spelling of wainscotted.
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Another sense
WAINSCOTED carries a second meaning.
adjective
fitted or decorated with panels or wainscoting
Word DNA
WAINSCOTED inherits its ancestry from its root, WAINSCOT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (449)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WAINSCOT · 3 relatives 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.
WAINSCOTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAINSCOTED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEINOSTW - 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 35
Could you have found WAINSCOTED?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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