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SHADS
Definition of SHADS
noun
plural of shad
noun
Any one of several species of food fishes that make up the genus Alosa in the family Clupeidae, to which the herrings also belong; river herring.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHADS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHADS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADHSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SHADS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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