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WHOP
Definition of WHOP
verb
To throw or move (something) quickly, usually with an impact.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English whappen, a variant of wappen (“to strike; fling; shoot; stun”), probably of imitative origin. Compare Old Norse vappa (“to waddle”).
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.
WHOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHOP starts with W and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read HOPW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found WHOP?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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