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WANEY
Definition of WANEY
adjective
Alternative spelling of wany
adjective
Waning or diminished in some parts; not of uniform size throughout; said especially of sawed boards or timber cut too near the outside of the log.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare wany.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WANE · 6 relatives 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.
WANEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WANEY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AENWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found WANEY?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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