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WHYDUNIT
Definition of WHYDUNIT
noun
A type of detective story in which the focus is not on the person who committed the crime, but on the motives for committing it.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WHYDUNIT · 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.
WHYDUNIT 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 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHYDUNIT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DHINTUWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start WHYDUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found WHYDUNIT?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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