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WHEAT
Definition of WHEAT
noun
Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.
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.
WHEAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WHEAT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEHTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHEAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found WHEAT?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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