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WIGHTING

/waɪt/8 letters

Definition of WIGHTING

Wiktionary has no entry for WIGHTING itself. This is its base word, WIGHT.

noun

A living creature, especially a human being.

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for WIGHT.

From Middle English wight, wiȝt, from Old English wiht (“thing, creature”), from Proto-West Germanic *wihti, from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz (“thing, creature”, literally “being”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekti- (“cause, sake, thing”), from *wekʷ- (“to say, tell”). Cognate with Scots wicht (“creature, being, human”), Dutch wicht (“child, baby, girl”), German Low German Wicht (“girl; wight”), German Wicht (“wretch, wight, little creature, scoundrel”), Danish vætte (“underground creature, gnome”), Norwegian Bokmål vette (“underground creature, gnome”), Swedish vätte (“underground creature, gnome”), Icelandic vættur (“imp, elf”). Doublet of whit.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 124
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It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

layne

on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WIGHTING
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WIGHTING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GGHIINTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and G appear more than once.

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