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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,238)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WATERFLOOD · 3 relatives 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.
WATERFLOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 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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