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WAVER
Definition of WAVER
verb
To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.
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Where it comes from
The verb is derived from Middle English waveren (“to move back and forth, swing; to move unsteadily, totter; to shake, tremble; to wander; (figurative) to be changeable or unstable; to deviate”), and then possibly: both from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Doublet of wave. The noun is derived from the verb.
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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.
WAVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WAVER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AERVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WAVER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found WAVER?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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