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WASTREL
Definition of WASTREL
noun
One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
1847, waste + -rel (pejorative).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WASTREL · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WASTREL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 88 boards so far. 675 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WASTREL starts with W and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found WASTREL?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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