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WHOMBLING
Definition of WHOMBLING
verb
present participle and gerund of whomble
WHEMMEL · via whomble
verb
To engulf, to submerge.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHOMBLE · 3 relatives 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.
WHOMBLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
WHOMBLING starts with W and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BGHILMNOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHOMBL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WHOMBLING?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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