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WRECK
Definition of WRECK
noun
Something or someone that has been ruined.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wrek, from Anglo-Norman wrek, from Old Norse *wrek (whence Norwegian rek, Icelandic rek, Swedish vrak, Danish vrag), from Proto-Germanic *wrekaną (“to pursue”, whence Old English wrecan (English wreak), Old Saxon wrekan, Old High German rëhhan, Gothic 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (wrikan)), from Proto-Indo-European *wreg- (“to track; to hunt; to follow”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WRECK · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Old English, Proto-Indo-European, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WRECK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WRECK starts with W and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CEKRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WRECK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found WRECK?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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