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WHIMSY
Definition of WHIMSY
noun
A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably from whims + -y. Related to whim-wham, whim.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHIMSY · 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.
WHIMSY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 79 boards so far. 663 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 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
WHIMSY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HIMSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found WHIMSY?
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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