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WIELD
Definition of WIELD
verb
To handle with skill and ease, especially a weapon or tool.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English welden, from the merger of Old English wealdan (“to control, rule”) (strong class 7) and Old English wieldan (“to control, subdue”) (weak). Both verbs derive from Proto-West Germanic *waldan and *waldijan, respectively; and are ultimately from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to rule”). The reason for the merger was that in Middle English the -d in the stem made it hard to distinguish between strong and weak forms in the past tense.
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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.
WIELD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WIELD starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEILW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WIELD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found WIELD?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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