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WHAMMO

/ˈwæməʊ/6 letters

Definition of WHAMMO

interjection

Used to emphasize the suddenness of an event.

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Where it comes from

From wham + -o.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

interjection2 syllablescompound

Same root, WHAMMO · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WHAMMO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 163
Its one board, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
23
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.

First ever to find it

ladymightbe

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WHAMMO
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WHAMMO starts with W and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AHMMOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start WHAMMO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found WHAMMO?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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