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WAKEMAN
Definition of WAKEMAN
noun
A watchman
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wake + -man.
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.
WAKEMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAKEMAN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEKMNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found WAKEMAN?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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