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WOADS
Definition of WOADS
noun
plural of woad
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Another sense
WOADS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of woad.
Word DNA
WOADS inherits its ancestry from its root, WOAD.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,625)
How it is built
Same root, WOAD · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Frankish, French, Italian.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WOADS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 71 boards so far. 245 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WOADS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found WOADS?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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