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WEFT
Definition of WEFT
noun
The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wefte, from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną. Equivalent to weave + -t (abstract nominal suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (981)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WEFT · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WEFT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 89 boards so far. 499 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WEFT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WEFT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found WEFT?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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