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WHILK

5 letters

Definition of WHILK

noun

Alternative form of whelk.

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WHILK in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 112
Its 11 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
30
First board
109
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.

Built from these letters

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

WHILK starts with W and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read HIKLW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Could you have found WHILK?

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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.

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