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WILT
Definition of WILT
verb
To droop or become limp and flaccid (as a dying leaf or flower).
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Where it comes from
Recorded since 1691, probably an alteration of welk, itself from Middle English welken, presumed from Middle Dutch (preserved in modern inchoative verwelken) or Middle Low German welken (“to wither”), cognate with Old High German irwelhen (“to become soft”).
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.
WILT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WILT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ILTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WILT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found WILT?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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