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WHALEBONE
Definition of WHALEBONE
noun
The horny material from the fringed plates of the upper jaw of baleen whales that is used to filter plankton; once used as stays in corsets
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Where it comes from
From whale + bone.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHALEBONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
WHALEBONE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEEHLNOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start WHALEB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found WHALEBONE?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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