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WEAPONS
Definition of WEAPONS
noun
plural of weapon
noun
An instrument of attack or defense in combat or hunting, e.g. most guns, missiles, or swords.
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Word DNA
WEAPONS inherits its ancestry from its root, WEAPON.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,622)
How it is built
Same root, WEAPON · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, 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.
WEAPONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WEAPONS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AENOPSW - 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.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found WEAPONS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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