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WHOLESOME
Definition of WHOLESOME
adjective
Promoting good physical health and well-being.
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Where it comes from
From earlier holesome, from Middle English holsom, holsum, helsum, halsum, from Old English *hālsum, *hǣlsum, from Proto-West Germanic *hailasam, from Proto-Germanic *hailasamaz, equivalent to whole + -some or hale (“healthy”) + -some. Cognate with Saterland Frisian heelsoam, Dutch heilzaam, German Low German heelsaam, German heilsam, Icelandic heilsamur, Norwegian Nynorsk helsesam, Swedish hälsosam (“wholesome”).
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.
WHOLESOME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 233 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHOLESOME starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHLMOOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start WHOLES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found WHOLESOME?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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