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WAYFARES
Definition of WAYFARES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of wayfare
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Word DNA
WAYFARES inherits its ancestry from its root, WAYFARE.
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 (2,881)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WAYFARE · 4 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.
WAYFARES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WAYFARES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEFRSWY - 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 23
Could you have found WAYFARES?
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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