The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WHENAS
Definition of WHENAS
adverb
When; at the time (which).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From when + as.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHENAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHENAS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHNSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found WHENAS?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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