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SHALWAR
Definition of SHALWAR
noun
Loose trousers worn in some South Asian or Islamic countries, especially by women but also by men, especially with a kamees.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi शलवार (śalvār)/सलवार (salvār) or Urdu شَلْوار (śalvār)/سَلْوار (salvār), from Classical Persian شَلْوَار (šalwār).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (517)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHALWAR · 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.
SHALWAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHALWAR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAHLRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SHALWA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHALWAR?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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