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WART
Definition of WART
noun
A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English warte, werte, from Old English wearte, from Proto-West Germanic *wartā, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. Cognate with Dutch wrat, German Warze, Hunsrik Waarz, Swedish vårta and Danish vorte.
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.
WART in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WART starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ARTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WART
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found WART?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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