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SHADOOF
Definition of SHADOOF
noun
A device used since ancient times in the Middle East to raise water from a well or other low point, consisting of a pivoted rod with a bucket on one end and a counterweight on the other.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شادوف (šadūf); see further at that entry.
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.
SHADOOF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHADOOF starts with S and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read ADFHOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SHADOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHADOOF?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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