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WAITERHOODS
Definition of WAITERHOODS
Wiktionary has no entry for WAITERHOODS itself. This is its base word, WAITERHOOD.
noun
The role or status of a waiter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for WAITERHOOD.
From waiter + -hood.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAITERHOODS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 41 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 59, 18 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 83 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAITERHOODS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEHIOORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WAITERH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found WAITERHOODS?
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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