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WRANGLES
Definition of WRANGLES
noun
plural of wrangle
verb
To convince or influence (someone) by arguing or contending. Followed by out of: to elicit (something) from a person by arguing or bargaining. To speak or write (something) in an argumentative or contentious manner. To spend (time) arguing or quarrelling. To herd (horses or other livestock). To manage or supervise (people). To gather and organize (data, facts, information, etc.), especially in a way which requires sentience rather than automated methods alone, as in data wrangling.
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Other senses
WRANGLES carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Plural form of wrangle.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wrangle.
Word DNA
WRANGLES inherits its ancestry from its root, WRANGLE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,002)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WRANGLE · 2 relatives in the game
WRANGLES in a sentence
“She now wrangles facts for a living, searches them out, places them in order, verifies some, debunks others and places still more in that large gray area: unproven.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WRANGLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 61 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WRANGLES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGLNRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WRANGL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found WRANGLES?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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