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WHIPCORD
Definition of WHIPCORD
noun
A hard, twisted cord used for making whiplashes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From whip + cord.
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.
WHIPCORD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
WHIPCORD starts with W and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDHIOPRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found WHIPCORD?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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