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WISER

/ˈwaɪzɚ/5 letters

Definition of WISER

adjective

comparative form of wise: more wise

WISE

adjective

Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.

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Word DNA

WISER inherits its ancestry from its root, WISE.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,575)

How it is built

adjective1 syllable

Same root, WISE · 8 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Czech, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Norwegian, Persian and 6 more.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WISER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 164
Its 29 boards, across 164 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
29
Boards found on
11
First board
163
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.

Built from these letters

WISER
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WISER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EIRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found WISER?

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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.

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