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WHALEBACK
Definition of WHALEBACK
noun
A kind of cargo steamship with a hull that continuously curves above the waterline from vertical to horizontal.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHALEBACK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 135, 2 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHALEBACK starts with W and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABCEHKLW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start WHALEB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WHALEBACK?
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 135 - and most players walked straight past it.
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