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WANTS
Definition of WANTS
noun
plural of want
verb
To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
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Word DNA
WANTS inherits its ancestry from its root, WANT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,589)
How it is built
Same root, WANT · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Middle Dutch, Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WANTS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
WANTS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ANSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found WANTS?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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