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WOOD
Definition of WOOD
noun
The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English wode, from Old English wudu, widu (“wood, forest, grove; tree; timber”), from Proto-West Germanic *widu, from Proto-Germanic *widuz (“wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“to separate”). The spelling developed as it did in wool. Cognate with Dutch wede (“wood, twig”), Middle High German wite (“wood”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ved (“wood”), Elfdalian wið (“wood, timber”), Faroese and Icelandic viður (“wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk ved (“wood, firewood”), vid (“wide, broad”). Further cognates include Irish fiodh (“a wood, tree”), Old Irish fid (“tree”) and Welsh gwŷdd (“trees”), from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”). Unrelated to Dutch woud (“forest”), German Wald (“forest”) (see English wold).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, WOOD · 17 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Norwegian, Swedish, Welsh.
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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.
WOOD in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WOOD starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WOOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WOOD?
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