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WHINY
Definition of WHINY
adjective
Whining; tending to whine or complain.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From whine + -y.
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.
WHINY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 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 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WHINY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HINWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found WHINY?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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