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WHICKERS
Definition of WHICKERS
noun
plural of whicker
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Other senses
WHICKERS carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Plural form of whicker.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whicker.
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHICKER · 3 relatives in the game
WHICKERS in a sentence
“Outside a horse whickers in the stable, and the night gives way to the call of owls and the slow whirring of crickets.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHICKERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 108 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHICKERS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHIKRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHICKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found WHICKERS?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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