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WHARP
Definition of WHARP
noun
Alternative spelling of warp (“sediment which subsides from turbid water, especially from the River Trent”).
noun
The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally: The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape. The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally.
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Word DNA
WHARP inherits its ancestry from its root, WARP.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,952)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WARP · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHARP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHARP starts with W and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AHPRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found WHARP?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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