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WOON
Definition of WOON
noun
A Burmese governor or officer of administration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Burmese ဝန် (wan, “burden; responsibility; administrative officer”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WOON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WOON starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read NOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found WOON?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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