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WIND
Definition of WIND
noun
Real or perceived movement of atmospheric air usually caused by convection or differences in air pressure.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English wynd, wind, from Old English wind (“wind”), from Proto-West Germanic *wind, from Proto-Germanic *windaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥tos (“wind”), from earlier *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (“wind”), derived from the present participle of *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Cognate with Yola weend, wyeene (“wind”), North Frisian win, winj (“wind”), Saterland Frisian Wíend (“wind”), West Frisian wyn (“wind”), Alemannic German wend, wind, winn, wénn (“wind”), Bavarian bint, Wind (“wind”), Cimbrian and Mòcheno bint (“wind”), Dutch wind (“wind”), German and German Low German Wind (“wind”), Luxembourgish Wand (“wind”), Yiddish ווינט (vint, “wind”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vind (“wind”), Faroese and Icelandic vindur (“wind”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 (winds, “wind”), Latin ventus (“wind”), Welsh gwynt (“wind”), Sanskrit वात (vā́ta, “wind”), Russian ве́тер (véter, “wind”), perhaps Albanian bundë (“strong damp wind”). Doublet of athlete, vent, weather and nirvana.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, WIND · 12 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Norwegian, Russian, Sanskrit, Swedish and 2 more.
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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.
WIND in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 45 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WIND starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DINW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WIND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WIND?
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