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WEIGHTERS
Definition of WEIGHTERS
noun
plural of weighter
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Word DNA
WEIGHTERS inherits its ancestry from its root, WEIGHT.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,888)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WEIGHT · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Proto-Indo-European, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WEIGHTERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WEIGHTERS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGHIRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start WEIGHT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WEIGHTERS?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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