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SHAMBOLIC
Definition of SHAMBOLIC
adjective
Chaotic, disorganised or mismanaged.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Possibly from shambles + -o- + -ic (adjective), in which the interconsonantal -o- avoids the /mbl/ consonant cluster. Possibly influenced by symbolic. Alternatively, possibly a blend of shambles + symbolic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
SHAMBOLIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 469 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHAMBOLIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ABCHILMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SHAMBOLIC?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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