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WISH
Definition of WISH
noun
A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English wȳsċan (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”). Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Dutch wensen (“to wish”), German wünschen (“to wish”), Luxembourgish wënschen (“to wish”), Yiddish ווינטשן (vintshn, “to wish”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ønske (“to wish”), Faroese ynskja (“to wish, to desire”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Norwegian Nynorsk ønskja, ønskje, ønska, ønske, ynskja, ynskje (“to wish, to desire”), Swedish önska (“to wish”). Via PIE cognate with Latin Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”), English wonder.
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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.
WISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WISH starts with W and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HISW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found WISH?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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