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WISPS
Definition of WISPS
noun
plural of wisp
noun
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance; a twisted handful of something; any slender, flexible structure or group.
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Word DNA
WISPS inherits its ancestry from its root, WISP.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,961)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WISP · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WISPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WISPS starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IPSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found WISPS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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