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WHENCE
Definition of WHENCE
adverb
From where; from which place or source.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English whennes, from Old English hwanon (with adverbial genitive -s), related to hwonne (whence when). Analyzable as when + -s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,211)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHENCE · 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.
WHENCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 228 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WHENCE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEHNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start WHENCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found WHENCE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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