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WASE
Definition of WASE
noun
A bundle of straw, or other material, to relieve the pressure of burdens carried upon the head.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wase (“torch”), related to Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wase (“bundle of straw, torch”), Danish vase (“wisp of straw, bundle”), Swedish vase (“a sheaf”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (114)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WASE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WASE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AESW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WASE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found WASE?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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