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WRAITHLIKE
Definition of WRAITHLIKE
adjective
Resembling a wraith; ghostly.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
WRAITHLIKE carries a second meaning.
adjective
lacking in substance
“a wraithlike column of smoke”
Where it comes from
From wraith + -like.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
WRAITHLIKE in a sentence
“She moved wraithlike, ducking beneath an arm, reeling back from another, and diving between its legs.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WRAITHLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 97 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WRAITHLIKE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEHIIKLRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start WRAITH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found WRAITHLIKE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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