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WHYDUNITS
Definition of WHYDUNITS
noun
plural 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.
WHYDUNITS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WHYDUNITS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DHINSTUWY - 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 52
Could you have found WHYDUNITS?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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