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WHISTLE
Definition of WHISTLE
noun
A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English whistel, whistil, whistle, from Old English hwistle, from the verb (see below).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,213)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHISTLE · 3 relatives 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.
WHISTLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WHISTLE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHILSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHISTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found WHISTLE?
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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