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WHELPING

8 letters

Definition of WHELPING

verb

present participle and gerund of whelp

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Another sense

WHELPING carries a second meaning.

  1. verb

    Present participle of whelp.

WHELPING in a sentence

Grandma would regularly walk up to the whelping box, survey the scene, and climb in whichever side of the box had the hungriest looking pups.

They Shoot Wet Nurses, Don’t They? | Her Bad Mother, 2009

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WHELPING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 154 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 39 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
39
Boards found on
30
First board
102
Latest board
6
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

cjclark

on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WHELPING
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WHELPING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHILNPW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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