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SHAH
Definition of SHAH
noun
A Ukrainian monetary unit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Persian شاه (šâh), from Middle Persian 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 (MLKA /šāh/), from Old Persian 𐏋 (XŠ /xšāyaθiya/). Doublet of check and kshatriya. More at chess.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Persian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (490)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHAH · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHAH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 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
SHAH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHHS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHAH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHAH?
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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