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WHETS
Definition of WHETS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of whet
verb
To sharpen (something, such as a knife or sword) by rubbing on an object, especially a whetstone; to hone.
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Word DNA
WHETS inherits its ancestry from its root, WHET.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
17th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (513)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHET · 6 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.
WHETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 61 boards so far. 116 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHETS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHSTW - 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.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found WHETS?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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