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WINDOW
Definition of WINDOW
noun
An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wyndowe, wyndown, from Old Norse vindauga (“window”, literally “wind-eye; wind-hole”), equivalent to wind + eye. Cognate with Scots windae and windock, Faroese vindeyga, Norwegian Bokmål vindu, Norwegian Nynorsk vindauge, Danish vindue, archaic Swedish vindöga, Elfdalian windog. Displaced native Old English ēagþȳrel (literally “eye hole”) (the rare direct descendant is eyethurl (“window, pupil, etc.”)). The “windows” among early Germanic peoples were just unglazed holes (eyes) in the wall or roof that permitted wind to pass through (Can this etymology be sourced?).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (207)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WINDOW · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, German, Norwegian, Old English, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WINDOW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WINDOW starts with W and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read DINOWW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. W appears more than once.
Words that start WINDOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WINDOW?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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