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WINK
Definition of WINK
verb
To close one's eyes in sleep.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English wynken, from Old English wincian (“to wink, make a sign, close the eyes, blink”, weak verb), from Proto-West Germanic *winkōn (“to close one's eyes”), from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”). Cognate with Middle Low German winken (“to blink, wink”), German winken (“to nod, beckon, make a sign”). Related also to Saterland Frisian wäänke, Dutch wenken (“to beckon, motion”), Latin vacillare (“sway”), Lithuanian véngti (“to swerve, avoid”), Albanian vang (“tire, felloe”), Sanskrit वङ्गति (vaṅgati, “(he, she) limps”), French guigner (“to eye, sneak a look at”).
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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.
WINK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WINK starts with W and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read IKNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WINK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WINK?
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