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WHALEBONES
Definition of WHALEBONES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
WHALEBONES inherits its ancestry from its root, WHALEBONE.
How it is built
Same root, WHALEBONE · 1 relative 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.
WHALEBONES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHALEBONES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABEEHLNOSW - 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 26
Could you have found WHALEBONES?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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