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WHITTLE
Definition of WHITTLE
noun
A knife; especially, a clasp-knife, pocket knife, or sheath knife.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English whittel (“large knife”), an alteration of thwitel, itself from thwiten (“to whittle”), from Old English þwītan (“to strike down, whittle”), from Proto-Germanic *þwītaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *twey- (“to shake, hurl, toss”). Compare Old Norse þveita (“to hurl”), Ancient Greek σείω (seíō, “I shake”). Related to thwite and thwaite.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, WHITTLE · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Old Norse.
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.
WHITTLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHITTLE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHILTTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WHITTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WHITTLE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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