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WATERFALL
Definition of WATERFALL
noun
A flow of water over the edge of a cliff.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English waterfal, waterfalle, from Old English wæterġefeall (“waterfall”), equivalent to water + fall. Cognate with West Frisian wetterfal (“waterfall”), Dutch waterval (“waterfall”), German Wasserfall (“waterfall”), Swedish vattenfall (“waterfall”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,195)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch, German, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WATERFALL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WATERFALL starts with W and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAEFLLRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WATERF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WATERFALL?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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