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WALES

/weɪlz/5 letters

Definition of WALES

noun

plural of wale

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WALES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 17 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
32
First board
101
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.

Built from these letters

WALES
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WALES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found WALES?

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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.

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