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WIPE
Definition of WIPE
verb
To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English wipen, from Old English wīpian (“to wipe, rub, cleanse”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīpōn (“to wipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyp- (“to twist, wind around”). Cognate with German wippen (“to bob”), Swedish veva (“to turn, wind, crank”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍀𐌰𐌽 (weipan, “to wreathe, crown”), Old English swīfan (“to revolve, sweep, wend, intervene”), Sanskrit वेपते (vépate, “to tremble”). More at swivel, swift.
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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.
WIPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WIPE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIPW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WIPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found WIPE?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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