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WIDOWERS
Definition of WIDOWERS
noun
plural of widower
noun
A man whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); a man in relation to his late spouse; masculine of widow.
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Word DNA
WIDOWERS inherits its ancestry from its root, WIDOWER.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,223)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WIDOWERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
WIDOWERS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEIORSWW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. W appears more than once.
Words that start WIDOWE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WIDOWERS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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