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WHEYIEST
Definition of WHEYIEST
adjective
superlative form of wheyey: most wheyey
WHEYEY
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of whey.
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Word DNA
WHEYIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, WHEY.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (777)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHEY · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHEYIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 67 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHEYIEST starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEHISTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found WHEYIEST?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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