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WHINGE
Definition of WHINGE
verb
To whine; to complain, especially in an annoying or persistent manner.
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Where it comes from
From a northern variant of Old English hwinsian (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwinisōn (“to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan (“to whine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with German winseln (“to whine, whimper”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,580)
How it is built
Same root, WHINGE · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHINGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 67 boards so far. 255 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WHINGE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGHINW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WHINGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found WHINGE?
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