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SHAMMY
Definition of SHAMMY
noun
Chamois leather.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From chamois with an initial sh to represent the sound /ʃ/ in English.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SHAMMY · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHAMMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SHAMMY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AHMMSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SHAMMY?
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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