The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WHETTER
Definition of WHETTER
noun
Something that whets. Agent noun of whet
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From whet + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHETTER · 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.
WHETTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHETTER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEHRTTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found WHETTER?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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