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WHISKY
Definition of WHISKY
noun
Alternative form of whiskey, an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain, usually aged in oak barrels, Scotch; a drink of this liquor.
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Where it comes from
Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh (compare obsolete whiskybae), from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (“water of life”), calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae. Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source.
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.
WHISKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WHISKY starts with W and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read HIKSWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found WHISKY?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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