The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WHARFS
Definition of WHARFS
noun
plural of wharf
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
WHARFS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of wharf.
Word DNA
WHARFS inherits its ancestry from its root, WHARF.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,770)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHARF · 3 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.
WHARFS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 66 boards so far. 211 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHARFS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFHRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found WHARFS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER