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WEEN
Definition of WEEN
noun
Doubt; conjecture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wene, from Old English wēn, wēna (“hope, weening, expectation”), from Proto-West Germanic *wāni, from Proto-Germanic *wēniz, *wēnǭ (“hope, expectation”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, love, want, reach, win”). Cognate with Dutch waan (“delusion”), Afrikaans waan (“delusion”), German Wahn (“illusion, false hope”).
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.
WEEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WEEN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EENW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WEEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found WEEN?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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