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WEIRDEST

/ˈwɪə(ɹ)dəst/8 letters

Definition of WEIRDEST

adjective

superlative form of weird: most weird (weird + -est)

WEIRD

adjective

Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.

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Word DNA

WEIRDEST inherits its ancestry from its root, WEIRD.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

8.9%

of traced words share this origin (2,636)

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

Same root, WEIRD · 5 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Icelandic, Scots.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WEIRDEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 151
Its 10 boards, across 151 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
41
First board
136
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.

Built from these letters

WEIRDEST
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

WEIRDEST starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEEIRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start WEIRDE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found WEIRDEST?

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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.

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