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WHAZ
Definition of WHAZ
contraction
Informal form of what’s.
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Word DNA
WHAZ inherits its ancestry from its root, WHAT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,251)
How it is built
Same root, WHAT · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Cantonese, Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Latin, Malay, Norwegian, Scots and 1 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHAZ in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 177, 13 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 177, 13 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHAZ starts with W and ends with Z. Sorted, its letters read AHWZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found WHAZ?
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 177 - and most players walked straight past it.
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