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WINO
Definition of WINO
noun
A chronic or heavy drinker of cheap wine or other alcohol; especially, a drunkard.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wine + -o (“person with characteristic”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WINE · 11 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WINO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WINO starts with W and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read INOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found WINO?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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