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WHACK
Definition of WHACK
noun
The sound of a heavy strike.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain. Originally Scottish; probably onomatopoeic, but compare Middle English thakken, from Old English þaccian (whence Modern thwack by conflation with whack). Sense 6 of the verb is likely a semantic loan from Malay hentam (“to strike; to do something carelessly”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
29th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (218)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHACK · 5 relatives 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.
WHACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHACK starts with W and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACHKW - 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.
Words that start WHACK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found WHACK?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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