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WHARFED
Definition of WHARFED
verb
simple past and past participle of wharf
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Word DNA
WHARFED inherits its ancestry from its root, WHARF.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,855)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHARF · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Dutch, German, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHARFED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 92 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WHARFED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFHRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found WHARFED?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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