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WAITINGS
Definition of WAITINGS
noun
plural of waiting
WAIT · via waiting
verb
To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
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Word DNA
WAITINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, WAIT.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, WAIT · 16 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Old English, Old French, Old Norse.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAITINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAITINGS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGIINSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found WAITINGS?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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