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WAIT
Definition of WAIT
verb
To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English waiten, from Anglo-Norman waiter, waitier (compare French guetter from Old French gaitier, guaitier), from Frankish *wahtwēn (“to watch, guard”), derivative of Frankish *wahtu (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”). Cognate with Old High German wahtēn (“to watch, guard”), German Low German wachten (“to wait”), Dutch wachten (“to wait, expect”), French guetter (“to watch out for”), Saterland Frisian wachtje (“to wait”), West Frisian wachtsje (“to wait”), North Frisian wachtjen (“to stand, stay put”). More at watch. In some senses, merged or influenced by Middle English waiten, weiten (“to do good to, lie in wait for, to contrive good or harm on, catch, snare”), from Old Norse veita (“to give help to, assist, grant, cause to happen”), from Proto-Germanic *waitijaną (“to show, guide, advise, direct”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to see, know”). Largely overtook native Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan, source of bide.
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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.
WAIT in OUTLIER
It has fitted 95 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WAIT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AITW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WAIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found WAIT?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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