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WOONED
Definition of WOONED
Wiktionary has no entry for WOONED itself. This is its base word, WOON.
noun
A Burmese governor or officer of administration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for WOON.
Borrowed from Burmese ဝန် (wan, “burden; responsibility; administrative officer”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WOON · 3 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.
WOONED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WOONED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DENOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found WOONED?
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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.
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