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WAPITI

/ˈwɑpɪti/6 letters

Definition of WAPITI

noun

The American elk (Cervus canadensis).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Shawnee waapiti (“elk; white rump”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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.

WAPITI in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 96
Its 18 boards, across 96 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
11
First board
95
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

winnerjuliana

on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WAPITI
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WAPITI starts with W and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AIIPTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start WAPITI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found WAPITI?

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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