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WANZE
Definition of WANZE
verb
Alternative form of wanse.
WANSE
verb
To wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.
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Word DNA
WANZE inherits its ancestry from its root, WANSE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,223)
How it is built
Same root, WANSE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old Norse.
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.
WANZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WANZE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AENWZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found WANZE?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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