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WAYBREADS
Definition of WAYBREADS
noun
plural of waybread
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Word DNA
WAYBREADS inherits its ancestry from its root, WAYBREAD.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,042)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WAYBREAD · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, 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.
WAYBREADS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
WAYBREADS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABDERSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found WAYBREADS?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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