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WAYFARED
Definition of WAYFARED
verb
simple past and past participle of wayfare
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Word DNA
WAYFARED inherits its ancestry from its root, WAYFARE.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,232)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WAYFARE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, German, Icelandic, 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.
WAYFARED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WAYFARED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEFRWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start WAYFAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found WAYFARED?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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