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WRATH
Definition of WRATH
noun
Great anger; an instance of this.
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Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Middle English wratthe (“anger, hostility, distress retribution”) [and other forms], from Old English wrǣþþu (“ire, wrath”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wraiþiþu (“anger, fury, wrath”), from *wraiþ (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”) (from Proto-Germanic *wraiþaz (“angry, furious, wroth; hostile, violent; bent, twisted”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist”)) + *-iþu (suffix forming abstract nouns). Effectively analysable as wroth + -th (abstract nominal suffix); compare Dutch wreedte. The verb is derived from Middle English wratthen (“to be or become angry, to rage; to quarrel; to cause wrath, offend; to become troubled or vexed; to cause grief or harm, grieve, vex”) [and other forms], from wratthe, wretthe (noun) (see above) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, WRATH · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WRATH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 79 boards so far. 195 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WRATH starts with W and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WRATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found WRATH?
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