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WEED
Definition of WEED
noun
Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English weed, weod, from Old English wēod (“weed”), from Proto-West Germanic *weud (“weed”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jood (“weed”), West Frisian wjûd (“weed”), Dutch wied (“unwanted plant, weed”), German Low German Weed (“weed”), Old High German wiota (“fern”). See also woad.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WEED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WEED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WEED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found WEED?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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