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WHISPER
Definition of WHISPER
noun
The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords; the sound thus produced.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English whisperen, from Old English hwisprian (“to mutter, murmur, whisper”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwisprōn, from Proto-Germanic *hwisprōną (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweys-, *ḱwey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Dutch wisperen (“to whisper”), German wispern (“to mumble, whisper”). Related also to Danish hviske (“to whisper”), Icelandic hvískra (“to whisper”), Norwegian Bokmål hviske, kviskre (“to whisper”), Norwegian Nynorsk kviskre, kviskra (“to whisper”), Swedish viska (“to whisper”). More at English whistle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,616)
How it is built
Same root, WHISP · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish.
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.
WHISPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 142 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WHISPER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHIPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHISPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found WHISPER?
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