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WANION
Definition of WANION
noun
The wane of the moon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alteration of earlier waniand, from Middle English waniand (“waning”), present participle of wanien (“to wane”) (from the phrase "in the waniand [moon]", i.e. in the time of the waning moon, in an unlucky period).
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.
WANION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WANION starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AINNOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start WANION
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WANION?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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