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WIZENED
Definition of WIZENED
verb
simple past and past participle of wizen
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wizen + -ed. Inherited from Middle English wisenen, from Old English wisnian, weosnian, from Proto-Germanic *wisnōjaną. Cognate with Icelandic visna.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WIZENED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WIZENED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEINWZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found WIZENED?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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