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WAIVE
Definition of WAIVE
verb
To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English weyven (“to avoid, renounce”), from Anglo-Norman weyver (“to abandon, allow to become a waif”), from Old French waif (“waif”), from gaiver (“to abandon”), ultimately of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; see weyver.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
WAIVE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WAIVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found WAIVE?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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