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WASHINESS

9 letters

Definition of WASHINESS

noun

The state or quality of being washy.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From washy + -ness.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound-ness

Same root, WASH · 15 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

WASHINESS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its one board, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
6
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

ellenfremedonContributor

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WASHINESS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WASHINESS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHINSSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start WASHIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

WASHINWASHINGWASHINSWASHINGSWASHINESSES

Could you have found WASHINESS?

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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.

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