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WHIST
Definition of WHIST
noun
Any of several four-player card games, similar to bridge.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alteration of whisk, perhaps so called from the notion of “whisking” up cards after each trick. Altered perhaps on assumption that the word was an interjection invoking silence, by influence of whist (“silent”).
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.
WHIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 282 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WHIST starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read HISTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WHIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found WHIST?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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