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WINDLASS
Definition of WINDLASS
noun
Any of various forms of winch, in which a rope or cable is wound around a cylinder, used for lifting heavy weights.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English wyndlas, wyndelas, wyndlasse, wyndelasse, probably an alteration (due to Middle English windel) of Middle English windas, wyndas, wyndace, from Anglo-Norman windase, windeis and Old Northern French windas (compare Old French guindas, Medieval Latin windasius, windasa), from Old Norse vindáss (“windlass”, literally “winding-pole”), from vinda (“to wind”) + áss (“pole”). Compare Icelandic vindilass.
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.
WINDLASS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WINDLASS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADILNSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WINDLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WINDLASS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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