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SHAMOY
Definition of SHAMOY
noun
Obsolete spelling of chamois.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a phonetic spelling of chamois, a word borrowed from French.
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.
SHAMOY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 93 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHAMOY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AHMOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHAMOY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SHAMOY?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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