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WASTAGE
Definition of WASTAGE
noun
The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From waste + -age.
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.
WASTAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WASTAGE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start WASTAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WASTAGE?
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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