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WEFTING
Definition of WEFTING
Wiktionary has no entry for WEFTING itself. This is its base word, WEFT.
noun
The horizontal threads that are interlaced through the warp in a woven fabric.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for WEFT.
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 (993)
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.
WEFTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 113 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WEFTING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EFGINTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found WEFTING?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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