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WINDFALL
Definition of WINDFALL
noun
Something that has been blown down by the wind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English windfal, wyndfall, equivalent to wind + fall. Cognate with Middle High German wintval, wintfal, German Windfall.
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.
WINDFALL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
WINDFALL starts with W and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADFILLNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WINDFA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WINDFALL?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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