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SHAMEWORTHY
Definition of SHAMEWORTHY
adjective
Worthy of shame; shameful.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From shame + -worthy. Compare German schämenswert (“shameworthy”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SHAME · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHAMEWORTHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHAMEWORTHY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEHHMORSTWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Could you have found SHAMEWORTHY?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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