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WHEYS
Definition of WHEYS
noun
plural of whey
noun
The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.
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Word DNA
WHEYS inherits its ancestry from its root, WHEY.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (254)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHEY · 1 relative 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.
WHEYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHEYS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found WHEYS?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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