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WHINE
Definition of WHINE
noun
A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English whynen, hwinen, whinen, from Old English hwīnan (“to rush, to whizz, to squeal, to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Old Norse hvína, whence Icelandic hvína, Norwegian Nynorsk kvina, Swedish vina, and Danish hvine. Despite the strong similarity in sound and meaning, not related with German weinen, Dutch wenen, from Proto-Germanic *wainōną (for which see dialectal English ween (“to weep, lament”)).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WHINE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHINW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found WHINE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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