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THWIP
Definition of THWIP
noun
A sound like a light flexible object striking something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Imitative.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, THWIP · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
THWIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
THWIP starts with T and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read HIPTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found THWIP?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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