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WEEP

/ˈwiːp/4 letters

Definition of WEEP

verb

To cry; to shed tears, especially when accompanied with sobbing or other difficulty speaking, as an expression of emotion such as sadness or joy.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English wepen, from Old English wēpan (“to weep, complain, bewail, mourn over, deplore”), from Proto-West Germanic *wōpijan, from Proto-Germanic *wōpijaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂b- (“to call, cry, complain”). Cognate with Scots weep (“to weep”), Saterland Frisian wapia (“to cry, complain”), Icelandic æpa (“to yell, shout”), Proto-Slavic *vъpiti (“to weep”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

WEEP in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 12 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
35
First board
102
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

kasandra

on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WEEP
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

WEEP starts with W and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read EEPW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start WEEP

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

WEEPSWEEPYWEEPERWEEPIEWEEPERSWEEPIERWEEPIESWEEPILYWEEPINGWEEPHOLEWEEPIESTWEEPINGS

Could you have found WEEP?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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