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WHICH

/wɪt͡ʃ/5 letters

Definition of WHICH

determiner

What, of those mentioned or implied.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English which, hwic, wilche, hwilch, whilk, hwilc, from Old English hwelċ (“which”), from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz (“what kind”, literally “like what”), derived from *hwaz. Cognates include Scots whilk (“which”), West Frisian hokker (“which”), Dutch welk (“which”), Low German welk (“which”), German welcher (“which”), Danish hvilken (“which”), Swedish vilken (“which”), Norwegian hvilken (“which”), Icelandic hvílíkur (“which”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

WHICH in OUTLIER

It has fitted 1 board so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its one board, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards it fitted
111
First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

incslayer

on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

WHICH
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start WHICH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

WHICHEVERWHICHSOEVER

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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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.

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