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WHOLESALE

/ˈhoʊlseɪl/9 letters

Definition of WHOLESALE

noun

The sale of products, often in large quantities, to retailers or other merchants.

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Where it comes from

From whole + sale.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

Same root, WHOLESALE · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

WHOLESALE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 140
Its one board, across 140 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
131
First board
9
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.

Built from these letters

WHOLESALE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

WHOLESALE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEHLLOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and E appear more than once.

Words that start WHOLES

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

WHOLESWHOLESOMEWHOLESALEDWHOLESALERWHOLESALESWHOLESOMERWHOLESALERSWHOLESALINGWHOLESOMELYWHOLESOMESTWHOLESTITCHWHOLESOMENESS

Could you have found WHOLESALE?

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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.

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