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WHISKEY
Definition of WHISKEY
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Whiskey of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
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Where it comes from
Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha, calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (“water of life”). Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source and vodka from a Russian diminutive for water in reference to the dilution of pure grain spirits.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHISKEY · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHISKEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 221 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 9, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHISKEY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHIKSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHISKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found WHISKEY?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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