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WHEREAS

/wɛəɹˈaz/7 letters

Definition of WHEREAS

adverb

Where (that).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From where + as (“that”); first attested in the meaning of "where" in the 14th century. Compare thereas.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

WHEREAS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 97
Its 16 boards, across 97 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
16
Boards found on
23
First board
95
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

dhoole

on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WHEREAS
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

WHEREAS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEHRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start WHEREA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

WHEREATWHEREASESWHEREABOUTWHEREAFTERWHEREABOUTS

Could you have found WHEREAS?

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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.

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