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WASHERY
Definition of WASHERY
noun
The place in the above-ground part of a coal mine where coal is washed.
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Where it comes from
From wash + -ery.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
WASHERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WASHERY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEHRSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WASHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found WASHERY?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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