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WHIN
Definition of WHIN
noun
Gorse; furze (Ulex spp.).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English whynne, from Old Norse hvein (“gorse, furze”) (compare Norwegian kvein (“bent grass”), Swedish ven (“bent grass”), dialectal hven (“swamp”)), apparently from hvein (“swampy land”), from Proto-Germanic *hwainō, *hwin- (“swamp; moor”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyn- (“to soil; mud; filth”). Compare Latin caenum (“filth”), Latin inquīnō (“to sully; soil”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHIN starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read HINW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found WHIN?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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