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WHIMPER
Definition of WHIMPER
noun
A low intermittent sob.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From dialectal whimp (“to whine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Compare German wimmern (“to whimper, whine”).
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHIMP · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHIMPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 72 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WHIMPER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHIMPRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHIMPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WHIMPER?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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