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WAUK
Definition of WAUK
verb
Alternative form of waulk.
verb
to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.
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Word DNA
WAUK inherits its ancestry from its root, WAULK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,691)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WAULK · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Scots, 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.
WAUK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAUK starts with W and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AKUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WAUK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found WAUK?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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