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WUDUS

/ˈwuːduː/5 letters

Definition of WUDUS

Wiktionary has no entry for WUDUS itself. This is its base word, WUDU.

noun

A ritual washing of the forearms, head, and feet, required after minor impurity, frequently performed immediately before prayer.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

The origin recorded for WUDU.

Borrowed from Arabic وُضُوء (wuḍūʔ).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WUDUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 95
Its 3 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
52
First board
95
Latest board
38
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

esterchlorophyl

on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WUDUS
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WUDUS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DSUUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Could you have found WUDUS?

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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.

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