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WATERFLOOD
Definition of WATERFLOOD
noun
An inundation of water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English waterrflod, from Old English wæterflōd, equivalent to water + flood.
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.
WATERFLOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 94 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WATERFLOOD starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFLOORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WATERF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WATERFLOOD?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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