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WAUKS
Definition of WAUKS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of wauk
WAULK · via wauk
verb
to make cloth (especially tweed in Scotland) denser and more felt-like by soaking and beating.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WAUK · 4 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.
WAUKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
WAUKS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AKSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found WAUKS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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