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WINE
Definition of WINE
noun
An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wyn, win, from Old English wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, either directly or via Latin vīnum (from Proto-Italic *wīnom) from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom (“wine”). Doublet of vine and vino. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wien, West Frisian wyn, Dutch wijn, German Wein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish vin, Faroese and Icelandic vín.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, WINE · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WINE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EINW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found WINE?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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