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DUCKSHOVED

10 letters

Definition of DUCKSHOVED

verb

simple past and past participle of duckshove

DUCKSHOVE

verb

To dodge responsibility; to pass something on to another so that they take the blame.

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Word DNA

DUCKSHOVED inherits its ancestry from its root, DUCKSHOVE.

How it is built

verbcompound

Same root, DUCKSHOVE · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

DUCKSHOVED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 146
Its one board, across 146 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
139
First board
7
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.

Built from these letters

DUCKSHOVED
10
Letters
3
Vowels
7
Consonants
9
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

DUCKSHOVED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDDEHKOSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.

Words that start DUCKSH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

DUCKSHOVEDUCKSHOVERDUCKSHOVESDUCKSHOVERSDUCKSHOVING

Could you have found DUCKSHOVED?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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