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WHELPS
Definition of WHELPS
noun
plural 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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Other senses
WHELPS carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Plural form of whelp.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whelp.
Word DNA
WHELPS 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.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHELPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 150 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHELPS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHLPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found WHELPS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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