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WRENS
Definition of WRENS
noun
plural of wren
noun
Troglodytes troglodytes (Eurasian wren, type species and sole Old World species of the family Troglodytidae).
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Word DNA
WRENS inherits its ancestry from its root, WREN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (981)
branch · 22.3% 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.
WRENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WRENS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ENRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found WRENS?
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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