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WHITENERS
Definition of WHITENERS
noun
plural of whitener
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Word DNA
WHITENERS inherits its ancestry from its root, WHITEN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,201)
How it is built
Same root, WHITEN · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic, Old English, 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.
WHITENERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WHITENERS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEHINRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start WHITEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found WHITENERS?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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