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WAINSCOTS

/ˈweɪnskɒts/9 letters

Definition of WAINSCOTS

noun

plural of wainscot

WAINSCOT

noun

An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WAINSCOTS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 124
Its one board, across 124 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

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on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WAINSCOTS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

WAINSCOTS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACINOSSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Words that start WAINSC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

WAINSCOTWAINSCOTEDWAINSCOTINGWAINSCOTTEDWAINSCOTINGSWAINSCOTTINGWAINSCOTTINGS

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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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.

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