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WHALER
Definition of WHALER
noun
One who hunts whales; any person employed in the whaling industry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From whale + -er. In sense 1, displaced Old English hwælhunta (literally “whale hunter”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,226)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHAL · 4 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.
WHALER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHALER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEHLRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHALER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found WHALER?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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