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WORKFARES

9 letters

Definition of WORKFARES

Wiktionary has no entry for WORKFARES itself. This is its base word, WORKFARE.

noun

A form of welfare in which people are required to work as a condition of receiving aid

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for WORKFARE.

Blend of work + welfare.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound

Same root, WELFARE · 5 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WORKFARES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 157
Its one board, across 157 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
18
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.

Built from these letters

WORKFARES
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WORKFARES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFKORRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.

Words that start WORKFA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found WORKFARES?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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