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WEAKEN

/ˈwikən/6 letters

Definition of WEAKEN

verb

To make weaker or less strong.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From weak + -en.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompound-en

Same root, WEAK · 12 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WEAKEN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 168
Its 16 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
16
Boards found on
17
First board
156
Latest board
43
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.

Built from these letters

WEAKEN
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

WEAKEN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEKNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start WEAKEN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found WEAKEN?

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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.

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