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WATERS
Definition of WATERS
noun
plural of water
noun
An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H2O) found at room temperature and pressure as a clear liquid; it is present naturally as rain, and found in rivers, lakes and seas; its solid form is ice and its gaseous form is steam.
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Word DNA
WATERS inherits its ancestry from its root, WAT.
How it is built
Same root, WAT · 25 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.
WATERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WATERS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AERSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WATERS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found WATERS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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