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WHEYFACED

9 letters

Definition of WHEYFACED

Wiktionary has no entry for WHEYFACED itself. This is its base word, WHEYFACE.

noun

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

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

The origin recorded for WHEYFACE.

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.

WHEYFACED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its 7 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
19
First board
103
Latest board
25
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

amtelope

on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

WHEYFACED
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WHEYFACED starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEFHWY - 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.

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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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.

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