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WREN
Definition of WREN
noun
Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English wrenne, wranne, from Old English wrenna, wrænna, werna, wærna, wrenne (“wren”), from Proto-West Germanic *wrandijō, from Proto-Germanic *wrandijô (“wren”). Cognate with Old Saxon wrendilo (“wren”), Old High German rento, rentilo (“wren”), Danish rindel (“wren”), Icelandic rindill (“wren”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (970)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WREN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WREN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 134 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WREN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ENRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WREN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found WREN?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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