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WHISPERING
Definition of WHISPERING
verb
present participle and gerund 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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Word DNA
WHISPERING inherits its ancestry from its root, WHISPER.
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 (2,614)
How it is built
Same root, WHISPER · 2 relatives 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.
WHISPERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 134 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 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
WHISPERING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGHIINPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start WHISPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found WHISPERING?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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