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WASTRELS

8 letters

Definition of WASTRELS

noun

plural of wastrel

WASTREL

noun

One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.

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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WASTRELS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 124
Its one board, across 124 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.

Built from these letters

WASTRELS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WASTRELS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELRSSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

WARSTLESWARTLESSWRASTLES

Words that start WASTRE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.

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