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WHISSES
Definition of WHISSES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of whiss
WHIZ · via whiss
verb
To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHISS · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHISSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHISSES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHISSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WHISSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WHISSES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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