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WRIT
Definition of WRIT
noun
A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English writ, from Old English writ and ġewrit (“writing”), from Proto-Germanic *writą (“fissure, writing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, *wrī- (“to scratch, carve, ingrave”). Cognate with Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,166)
How it is built
Same root, WRIT · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Scots.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WRIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 84 boards so far. 469 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WRIT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read IRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WRIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found WRIT?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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