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WHIRLWINDS
Definition of WHIRLWINDS
noun
plural of whirlwind
noun
A windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air.
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Word DNA
WHIRLWINDS inherits its ancestry from its root, WHIRLWIND.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,183)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHIRLWIND · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Old Norse.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHIRLWINDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
WHIRLWINDS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DHIILNRSWW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. W and I appear more than once.
Could you have found WHIRLWINDS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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