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THWOMP

/θwɔmp/6 letters

Definition of THWOMP

interjection

The dull sound of something landing heavily, or of something being struck hard.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Imitative; compare thwack and whomp.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

interjection1 syllable

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
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.

THWOMP in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its 3 boards, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
147
First board
154
Latest board
5
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 147, 14 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

herodotus

on Day 147, 14 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

THWOMP
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

THWOMP starts with T and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read HMOPTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found THWOMP?

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 147 - and most players walked straight past it.

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