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WEND
Definition of WEND
verb
To direct (one's way or course); pursue one's way; proceed upon some course or way.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English wenden, from Old English wendan (“to turn, change, translate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wandijan, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną (“to turn”), causative of *windaną (“to wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, wind, braid”). Cognate with Dutch wenden (“to turn”), German wenden (“to turn, reverse”), Danish vende (“to turn”), Norwegian Bokmål vende (“to turn”), Norwegian Nynorsk venda (“to turn”), Swedish vända (“to turn, turn over, veer, direct”), Icelandic venda (“to wend, turn, change”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wandjan, “to cause to turn”). Related to wind (Etymology 2).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WEND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 144 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WEND starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DENW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found WEND?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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