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SHAHS
Definition of SHAHS
noun
plural of shah
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Word DNA
SHAHS inherits its ancestry from its root, SHAH.
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 (510)
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.
SHAHS 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 28 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
SHAHS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHHSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and H appear more than once. It reads the same backwards - a palindrome, and there are not many in the dictionary this game plays from.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SHAHS?
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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