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WHEEN
Definition of WHEEN
noun
A little; a small number.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English *wheen, quhein (also hwan, hwon, quhon), from Old English hwēne, hwǣne (“somewhat, a little”), instrumental form of hwōn (“little, few, a little, trifle, somewhat, a little while”).
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 (3,168)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHEEN · 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.
WHEEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.
Built from these letters
WHEEN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEHNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WHEEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WHEEN?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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