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WHOOPERS
Definition of WHOOPERS
noun
plural of whooper
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Word DNA
WHOOPERS inherits its ancestry from its root, WHOOP.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (776)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHOOP · 8 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.
WHOOPERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WHOOPERS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHOOPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WHOOPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found WHOOPERS?
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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