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WHOSE
Definition of WHOSE
determiner
Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English whos, from Old English hwæs, from Proto-Germanic *hwes, genitive case of *hwaz (“who”) *hwat (“what”).
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.
WHOSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WHOSE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start WHOSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found WHOSE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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