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WHERRYMEN
Definition of WHERRYMEN
noun
plural of wherryman
WHERRYMAN
noun
The person who pilots a wherry.
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Word DNA
WHERRYMEN inherits its ancestry from its root, WHERRY.
Line of descent
- Welsh
- French
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (155)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHERRY · 4 relatives 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.
WHERRYMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 152, 19 October 2026.
Built from these letters
WHERRYMEN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEHMNRRWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WHERRY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WHERRYMEN?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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