The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WHAUPS
Definition of WHAUPS
noun
plural of whaup
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHAUP · 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.
WHAUPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WHAUPS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHPSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found WHAUPS?
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.
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