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WHATSO
Definition of WHATSO
pronoun
Whatever, whatsoever.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English whatso, from Old English hwæt swā; equivalent to what + so.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHATSO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHATSO starts with W and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AHOSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHATSO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found WHATSO?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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