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WHORTLE
Definition of WHORTLE
noun
The whortleberry or bilberry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hurtil, hurtle, from Old English horte (“whortleberry”) (plural hortan) but of unknown ultimate origin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,908)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WHORTLE · 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.
WHORTLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHORTLE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHLORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHORTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found WHORTLE?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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