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WHITTLES
Definition of WHITTLES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of whittle
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Word DNA
WHITTLES inherits its ancestry from its root, WHITTLE.
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 (11,223)
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.
WHITTLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 152, 19 October 2026.
Built from these letters
WHITTLES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHILSTTW - 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 WHITTLES?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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