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WEAR
Definition of WEAR
verb
To have on: To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English weren, werien, from Old English werian (“to clothe, cover over; put on, wear, use; stock (land)”), from Proto-West Germanic *waʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *wazjaną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to dress, put on (clothes)”). Cognate to Sanskrit वस्ते (váste), Ancient Greek ἕννυμι (hénnumi, “put on”), Latin vestis (“garment”) (English vest), Albanian vesh (“dress up, wear”), Tocharian B wäs-, Old Armenian զգենում (zgenum), Welsh gwisgo, Hittite 𒉿𒀸- (waš-). Originally a weak verb (i.e. with a past tense in -ed), it became irregular during the Middle English period by analogy with verbs like beren (whence bear) and teren (whence tear).
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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.
WEAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WEAR starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AERW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WEAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WEAR?
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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