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WHISK
Definition of WHISK
noun
A quick, light sweeping motion.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English whisk, borrowed from Old Norse visk, from Proto-Germanic *wiskaz, *wiskō (“bundle of hay, wisp”), from Proto-Indo-European *weys-. Cognate with Danish visk, Dutch wis, German Wisch, Latin virga (“rod, switch”), viscus (“entrails”), Lithuanian vizgéti (“to tremble”), Czech věchet (“wisp of straw”), Sanskrit वेष्क (veṣka, “noose”). Compare also Old English wiscian (“to plait”), granwisc (“awn”). The unetymological wh- is probably expressive of the sound; compare the same development in whip and onomatopoeias such as whack and whoosh.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, WHISK · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Czech, Danish, Dutch, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHISK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 159 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHISK starts with W and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read HIKSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHISK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found WHISK?
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