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WASHEN
Definition of WASHEN
verb
alternative past participle of wash.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wasshen, waschen, ywasshe (past participle of wasshen (“to wash”)), from Old English wasċen, ġewasċen (“washed”, past participle of wasċan (“to wash”)), equivalent to wash + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian waasken (“washed, washen”), West Frisian wosken (“washed, washen”), Dutch gewassen (“washed, washen”), German Low German wusken (“washed, washen”), German gewaschen (“washed, washen”). More at wash.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,232)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WASHEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WASHEN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEHNSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found WASHEN?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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