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WANTED

/ˈwɒn.tɪd/6 letters

Definition of WANTED

adjective

Wished for; desired; sought.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From want + -ed.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound-ed

Same root, WANT · 4 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WANTED in OUTLIER

It has fitted 19 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 144
Its 19 boards, across 144 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
19
Boards it fitted
67
First board
143
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 67, 26 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

eileenn701

on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WANTED
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Could you have found WANTED?

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 67 - and most players walked straight past it.

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