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WHIRTLES
Definition of WHIRTLES
noun
plural of whirtle
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHIRTLE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHIRTLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHIRTLES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHILRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found WHIRTLES?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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