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WHINNY
Definition of WHINNY
noun
A gentle neigh.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English whynyen, whinien, akin to Middle English whinen (“to whine”).
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.
WHINNY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 211 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHINNY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HINNWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WHINNY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WHINNY?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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