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WONDERS
Definition of WONDERS
noun
plural of wonder
noun
A sense of awe, astonishment and curiosity, inspired by unexpected events, novel experiences and inexplicable circumstances, sometimes accompanied by surprise, shock or reverence.
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Word DNA
WONDERS inherits its ancestry from its root, WONDER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (976)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WONDER · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WONDERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 49 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WONDERS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DENORSW - 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.
Words that start WONDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found WONDERS?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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