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WHINYARD
Definition of WHINYARD
noun
A sword, especially a hanger.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare English dialect and Scots whingar, whinger; perhaps from Old English winn (“contention, war”) + geard, gyrd (“a staff, rod, yard”); or compare Old English [Term?] (“whistle”, verb), English 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.
WHINYARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHINYARD starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADHINRWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found WHINYARD?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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