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WEAPON
Definition of WEAPON
noun
An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English wepen, from Old English wǣpn, from Proto-West Germanic *wāpn, from Proto-Germanic *wēpną (“weapon”), of unknown origin, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *wēbnom. Cognate with Scots weepon (“weapon”), North Frisian woopen (“weapon”), Saterland Frisian Woapen (“weapon”), West Frisian wapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Alemannic German Waaffe (“tool”), Dutch wapen (“weapon”), German Waffe (“weapon”) and Wappen (“coat of arms”), Luxembourgish Waff (“weapon”), Yiddish וואָפֿן (vofn, “weapon”), Danish våben (“weapon; coat of arms”), Faroese vákn, vápn (“weapon; whaling lance”), Icelandic vopn (“weapon”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk våpen (“weapon”), Swedish vapen (“weapon; coat of arms”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐍀𐌽 (wēpn, “weapon”).
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Word DNA
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 (2,589)
How it is built
Same root, WEAPON · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Yiddish.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WEAPON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WEAPON starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AENOPW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WEAPON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WEAPON?
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