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WOLFLING

/ˈwʊlflɪŋ/8 letters

Definition of WOLFLING

noun

A wolf cub.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From wolf + -ling. Compare Middle English wolfling (“a creature which is part human and part wolf”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-ling

Its etymology also names Middle English.

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Rarity score
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Tier
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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.

WOLFLING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 131
Its one board, across 131 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
131
First board
0
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

kannibalkrunch

on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WOLFLING
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WOLFLING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGILLNOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.

Words that start WOLFLI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.

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