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WHALERS
Definition of WHALERS
noun
plural of whaler
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Word DNA
WHALERS inherits its ancestry from its root, WHALER.
Line of descent
- Old English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,197)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
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.
WHALERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 102 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 13, 2 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHALERS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHLRSW - 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 13
Could you have found WHALERS?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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