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WHEALING
Definition of WHEALING
Wiktionary has no entry for WHEALING itself. This is its base word, WHEAL.
noun
A small raised swelling on the skin, often itchy, caused by a blow from a whip or an insect bite etc.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for WHEAL.
From Middle English whele (“boil”), from Old English *hwele (“boil”); related to Old English hwelian (“to fester, ulcerate”). Compare also Old English hwelca, hwylca (“an inflamed swelling, pustule”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,042)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHEAL · 2 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.
WHEALING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHEALING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGHILNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found WHEALING?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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