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WEIGHT
Definition of WEIGHT
noun
The downwards force an object experiences due to gravity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English weight, weiȝte, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ġewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *weganą (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”). Equivalent to weigh + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”), Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”), German Wucht (“massiveness, force”), Gewicht (“weight”).
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.
WEIGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WEIGHT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EGHITW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WEIGHT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found WEIGHT?
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