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WHARFIE
Definition of WHARFIE
noun
A wharf worker: synonym of dockworker.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From wharf + -ie.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHARFIE · 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.
WHARFIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 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 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHARFIE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFHIRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHARFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found WHARFIE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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