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WHIMPLES
Definition of WHIMPLES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of whimple
WIMPLE · via whimple
noun
A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHIMPLE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHIMPLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
WHIMPLES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHILMPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHIMPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found WHIMPLES?
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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