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WATERCRESS
Definition of WATERCRESS
noun
A perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and as a garnish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English water cresse, water-kresse, watercrasse, water cars, equivalent to water + cress. Cognate with West Frisian wetterkers (“watercress”), Dutch waterkers (“watercress”), German Wasserkresse (“waterkress”), Swedish vattenkrasse (“watercress”).
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.
WATERCRESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WATERCRESS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEERRSSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E, R and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WATERC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WATERCRESS?
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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