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WHINGERS
Definition of WHINGERS
noun
plural of whinger
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Another sense
WHINGERS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of whinger.
Word DNA
WHINGERS inherits its ancestry from its root, WHINGE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,166)
How it is built
Same root, WHINGE · 8 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
WHINGERS in a sentence
“Taking issue with the "whingers", people who dont understand the nuances of recycling including Greenwich themselves is detracting from the real issue.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHINGERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 65 boards so far. 173 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WHINGERS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHINRSW - 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 16
Could you have found WHINGERS?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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