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WAVE
Definition of WAVE
verb
To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English waven, from Old English wafian (“to wave, fluctuate, waver in mind, wonder”), from Proto-West Germanic *wabōn, from Proto-Germanic *wabōną, *wabjaną (“to wander, sway”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to move to and from, wander”). Cognate with Middle High German waben (“to wave”), German wabern (“to waft”), Icelandic váfa (“to fluctuate, waver, doubt”). See also waver.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WAVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WAVE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WAVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WAVE?
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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