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WINKLE
Definition of WINKLE
noun
A periwinkle or its shell, of family Littorinidae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ellipsis of periwinkle.
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.
WINKLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WINKLE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKLNW - 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 WINKLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found WINKLE?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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