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WHOSOEVER
Definition of WHOSOEVER
pronoun
Whatever person or persons: emphasised or elaborated form of whoever.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English whosoever. By surface analysis, who + so + -ever.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (4,799)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WHOSOEVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 101 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHOSOEVER starts with W and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEHOORSVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found WHOSOEVER?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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