The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.

WAHOO

/ˈwɑ.hu/5 letters

Definition of WAHOO

noun

Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Perhaps from Wahoo, an obsolete spelling of Oahu, where the fish is found.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

WAHOO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 15 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
15
Boards found on
25
First board
111
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

blackcoffee

on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

WAHOO starts with W and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AHOOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start WAHOO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found WAHOO?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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