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WAXER
Definition of WAXER
noun
A device used to apply wax.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wax + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WAX · 11 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.
WAXER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WAXER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AERWX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found WAXER?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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