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WHENCES
Definition of WHENCES
Wiktionary has no entry for WHENCES itself. This is its base word, WHENCE.
adverb
From where; from which place or source.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for WHENCE.
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.
WHENCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WHENCES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHNSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WHENCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found WHENCES?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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