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WHEYFACE

8 letters

Definition of WHEYFACE

noun

One who is pale, as from fear; a coward.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From whey + face.

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.

WHEYFACE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its 2 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
98
First board
102
Latest board
4
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

mooncrow

on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WHEYFACE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start WHEYFA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found WHEYFACE?

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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.

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