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WIVISH
Definition of WIVISH
adjective
Alternative form of wifish.
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Word DNA
WIVISH inherits its ancestry from its root, WIFE.
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Icelandic
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Yiddish
- Dutch
- Scots
- Proto-Germanic
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
11 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (853)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WIFE · 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.
WIVISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 174, 10 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 150, 17 October 2026.
Built from these letters
WIVISH starts with W and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HIISVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found WIVISH?
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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.
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