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SHAMEFACED
Definition of SHAMEFACED
adjective
Bashful, showing modesty or embarrassment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alteration (due to folk etymology: shame + faced) of shamefast, from Middle English schamefast, schamfast, sceomefest, from Old English sċamfæst (“modest”), equivalent to shame + fast. Synchronically with -faced (/ˈfeɪst/).
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.
SHAMEFACED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHAMEFACED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEEFHMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start SHAMEF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found SHAMEFACED?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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