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WHODUNIT
Definition of WHODUNIT
noun
A novel or drama concerning a crime (usually a murder) in which a detective follows clues to determine the perpetrator.
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Where it comes from
Coined by critic Donald Gordon in 1930. An alteration and univerbation of who done it? with ellipsis of has.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHODUNIT · 1 relative 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.
WHODUNIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 61 boards so far. 299 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WHODUNIT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DHINOTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHODUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found WHODUNIT?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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