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WASTERS
Definition of WASTERS
noun
plural of waster
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Word DNA
WASTERS inherits its ancestry from its root, WASTER.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,258)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WASTER · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Anglo-Norman, Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WASTERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
WASTERS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AERSSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start WASTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WASTERS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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