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WOLFBANES
Definition of WOLFBANES
noun
plural of wolfbane
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Word DNA
WOLFBANES inherits its ancestry from its root, WOLFSBANE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Ancient Greek
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,072)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WOLFSBANE · 3 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.
WOLFBANES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WOLFBANES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEFLNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found WOLFBANES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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