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WHELPED
Definition of WHELPED
verb
simple past and past participle of whelp
noun
A young offspring of a various carnivores (canid, ursid, felid, pinniped), especially of a dog or a wolf, the young of a bear or similar mammal (lion, tiger, seal); a pup, wolf cub.
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Another sense
WHELPED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of whelp.
Word DNA
WHELPED inherits its ancestry from its root, WHELP.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (993)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHELP · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Old Norse.
WHELPED in a sentence
“Having been bred by a trader, they were already broken to the pack and had been living with discipline from the day they were whelped.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHELPED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHELPED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEHLPW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found WHELPED?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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