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WHARFING
Definition of WHARFING
noun
Wharfs collectively.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
WHARFING carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A structure in the form of a wharf; materials of which a wharf is constructed; wharves in general.
noun
In hydraulic engin., a method of facing seawalls by the use of sheet-piling anchored to the bank.
noun
A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
noun
A technique of facing seawalls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.
Where it comes from
From wharf + -ing.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHARF · 3 relatives in the game
WHARFING in a sentence
“As logs are lashed, he lists the many benefits to Astoria of bringing in a log exporter, including dozens of $40-an-hour stevedore jobs filled with every shipload, and some $100,000 in wharfing fees each month.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHARFING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 126 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHARFING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AFGHINRW - 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 25
Could you have found WHARFING?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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