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WHOOPS
Definition of WHOOPS
interjection
Oops.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Onomatopoetic.
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.
WHOOPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WHOOPS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HOOPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found WHOOPS?
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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