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SHAMA
Definition of SHAMA
noun
Copsychus malabaricus (white-rumped shama), a saxicoline songbird of India, glossy black with a white rump and brown underparts, and six other species in genus Copsychus.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi [Term?].
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (344)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHAMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHAMA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAHMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHAMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHAMA?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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