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SHAKEDOWN
Definition of SHAKEDOWN
noun
Extortion, especially through blackmail
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from shake down. An improvised bed would originally have been made by shaking down straw.
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.
SHAKEDOWN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHAKEDOWN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADEHKNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found SHAKEDOWN?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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