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WEALDS
Definition of WEALDS
noun
plural of weald
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Word DNA
WEALDS inherits its ancestry from its root, WEALD.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,616)
How it is built
Same root, WEALD · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Yiddish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WEALDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WEALDS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADELSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found WEALDS?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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