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SHAMPOO
Definition of SHAMPOO
noun
A traditional Indian and Persian body massage given after pouring warm water over the body and rubbing it with extracts from herbs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po) / चांपो (cāmpo), imperative form of चाँपना (cā̃pnā) / चांपना (cāmpnā, “to press, knead”), mid 18th c.
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.
SHAMPOO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHAMPOO starts with S and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AHMOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHAMPO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SHAMPOO?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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