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WHOOS
Definition of WHOOS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of whoo
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHOO · 1 relative 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.
WHOOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 158, 25 October 2026.
Built from these letters
WHOOS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HOOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WHOOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WHOOS?
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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.
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