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WOOFS
Definition of WOOFS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of woof
noun
The set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp; the weft. A woven fabric; also, the texture of a fabric. The thread or yarn used to form the weft of woven fabric; the fill, the weft. Synonym of weaving (“the process of making woven material on a loom”).
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Word DNA
WOOFS inherits its ancestry from its root, WOOF.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,662)
How it is built
Same root, WOOF · 4 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WOOFS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WOOFS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FOOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found WOOFS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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