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WALDGRAVE
Definition of WALDGRAVE
noun
The head forestkeeper, or nobleman who held some power in forested areas, in the Holy Roman Empire, now Germany.
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Where it comes from
From German Waldgraf. See wald and margrave.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,700)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WALDGRAVE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WALDGRAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WALDGRAVE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEGLRVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start WALDGR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WALDGRAVE?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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