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WANIEST
Definition of WANIEST
Wiktionary has no entry for WANIEST itself. This is its base word, 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.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for WANY.
From wane + -y.
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.
WANIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WANIEST starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEINSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found WANIEST?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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