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SHAMAL
Definition of SHAMAL
noun
A hot, dry wind that blows across the Persian Gulf during the summer
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Arabic شَمَال (šamāl).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Arabic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (355)
branch · 2% 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.
SHAMAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHAMAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAHLMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHAMAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHAMAL?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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