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WOODIE
Definition of WOODIE
noun
An early station wagon or estate car whose rear bodywork is made of wood, often associated with Southern California surfing culture.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wood + -ie.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WOOD · 17 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.
WOODIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WOODIE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEIOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WOODIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WOODIE?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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