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WHIMSICAL
Definition of WHIMSICAL
adjective
Given to whimsy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From whimsy + -ical.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHIMSICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 59 boards so far. 877 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WHIMSICAL starts with W and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACHIILMSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start WHIMSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WHIMSICAL?
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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