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WEIR
Definition of WEIR
noun
An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English were, from Old English wer, from werian (“to dam up”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”); Cognate with Old Norse ver (“station for fishing”), Sanskrit वृणोति (vṛṇóti). Related to warranty.
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.
WEIR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 132 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WEIR starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WEIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found WEIR?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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