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WRITES
Definition of WRITES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of write
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Word DNA
WRITES inherits its ancestry from its root, WRIT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,293)
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.
WRITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WRITES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found WRITES?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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