The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
WHOSO
Definition of WHOSO
pronoun
whosoever, whatever person
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English hoe so, hoo so, hoo-so, from Old English hwā swā; equivalent to who + so.
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.
WHOSO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 82, 10 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHOSO starts with W and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read HOOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found WHOSO?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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