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WHIZ
Definition of WHIZ
verb
To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic. Compare huzz, hizz, hiss. In some noun senses perhaps derived from wizard. In the sense “remarkably skilled person”, it may also simply a misspelling of its shortened form wiz, or it may be a shortening of whiz kid, which may have a different origin, perhaps whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable”, attested from 1908, or the interjection (as in whizz-bang or gee whiz). In fact, whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable” may be derived from whizz-bang in the sense of “conspicuously talented”, and in military slang whizz-bang (or whizbang) can mean “an exceptionally skilful person” (attested in 1916 and later), which whiz in the same sense seems to be a shortening of (whence presumably also whiz kid).
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.
WHIZ in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
WHIZ starts with W and ends with Z. Sorted, its letters read HIWZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start WHIZ
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found WHIZ?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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