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WALE
Definition of WALE
noun
A ridge or low barrier.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The noun is from Middle English wāle (“planking, welt”), from Old English walu (“ridge, bank; rib, comb (of helmet); metal ridge on top of helmet; weal, mark of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“stick, root”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Akin to Low German wāle; Old Norse vala (“knuckle”). The verb is from late Middle English wālen, from the noun.
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.
WALE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WALE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AELW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WALE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found WALE?
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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